The Ring deutscher Pfadfinderverbände (RdP; ''German Scout Federation'') was the German national
Scouting
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organization within the
World Organization of the Scout Movement
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(WOSM). It served 115,944 members (as of 2011).
The RdP was founded as Ring deutscher Pfadfinderbünde in 1949 by three Scouting associations:
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Bund Deutscher Pfadfinder'' (BDP, interreligious)
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Christliche Pfadfinderschaft Deutschlands'' (CPD,
Protestant
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)
* ''Deutsche Pfadfinderschaft Sankt Georg'' (DPSG, Roman Catholic).
It became a member of WOSM in 1950.
In 1973, following the disintegration of the BDP and the merger of the CPD with its
Guiding counterparts, it was renamed the Ring deutscher Pfadfinderverbände. The current members are:
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Bund der Pfadfinderinnen und Pfadfinder (BdP, interreligious, co-ed)
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Deutsche Pfadfinderschaft Sankt Georg
The Deutsche Pfadfinderschaft Sankt Georg (DPSG, ''German Scout Association Saint George'') is the largest of Scouting and Guiding in Germany, Germany's many Scouting organizations. The Roman Catholic Church, Catholic association has about 95,00 ...
(DPSG, Roman Catholic, co-ed)
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Verband Christlicher Pfadfinderinnen und Pfadfinder
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(VCP, Protestant, co-ed).
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Bund Muslimischer Pfadfinder und Pfadfinderinnen Deutschlands (BMPPD,
Muslim
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, co-ed)
Three of these, the BdP, the VCP, and the BMPPD, were also members of the
World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts
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, via the
Ring Deutscher Pfadfinderinnenverbände
The Ring Deutscher Pfadfinderinnenverbände (RDP; ''German Guide Federation'') was the German national Guiding organization within the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS). It served 47,688 members (as of 2008).
The RDP was ...
. Both federations worked strongly together in the main fields of Scouting and Guiding.
In 2021, Ring deutscher Pfadfinderverbände and Ring Deutscher Pfadfinderinnenverbände merged, forming the
Ring deutscher Pfadfinder*innenverbände
The Ring deutscher Pfadfinder*innenverbände (rdp; ''German Guide and Scout Federation'') is the German national Scouting and Guiding organization within the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) and the World Association of Girl Guid ...
.
See also
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Scouting in Germany
References
External links
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Scouting and Guiding in Germany
World Organization of the Scout Movement member organizations
Youth organizations established in 1949
1949 establishments in Germany
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