Ring deutscher Pfadfinderverbände

Ring deutscher Pfadfinderverbände
German Scout Federation
LocationMühlendamm 3
10178 Berlin
CountryGermany
Founded1949
Defunct2021 (2021)
Membership115,944
AffiliationWorld Organization of the Scout Movement
Website
http://www.pfadfinden-in-deutschland.de/
 Scouting portal

The Ring deutscher Pfadfinderverbände (RdP; German Scout Federation) was the German national Scouting organization within the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM). It served 115,944 members (as of 2011).[1]

The RdP was founded as Ring deutscher Pfadfinderbünde in 1949 by three Scouting associations:

It became a member of WOSM in 1950.

In 1973, following the disintegration[why?] of the BDP and the merger of the CPD with its Guiding counterparts, it was renamed the Ring deutscher Pfadfinderverbände. The current members are:

Three of these, the BdP, the VCP, and the BMPPD, were also members of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts, via the Ring Deutscher Pfadfinderinnenverbände. 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.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Triennal review: Census as at 1 December 2010" (PDF). World Organization of the Scout Movement. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 May 2012. Retrieved 13 January 2011.
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