Scouting in Austria
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Scouting in Austria is served by multiple Scout associations, among them
- Boy Scouts and Girl Guides of Austria, member of World Organization of the Scout MovementWorld Organization of the Scout MovementThe World Organization of the Scout Movement is the Non-governmental international organization which governs most national Scout Organizations, with 31 million members. WOSM was established in 1920, and has its headquarters at Geneva, Switzerland...
and WAGGGS, member of the Austrian National Youth Council - Österreichischer Pfadfinderbund, 3000 members, founded 1914/reorganized 1949, member of the Austrian National Youth Council http://www.pfadfinderbund.at
- Pfadfinder-Gilde Österreichs, founder member of the International Scout and Guide FellowshipInternational Scout and Guide FellowshipThe International Scout and Guide Fellowship is a worldwide organization of Scout alumni in support of Scouting and Guiding who want to strengthen dialogue between communities through community-oriented projects worldwide....
, founded in 1951, 3000 members http://www.pfadfinder.at/gilde - Katholische Pfadfinderschaft Europas-Österreich (Catholic Scouts of EuropeCatholic Scouts of EuropeThe Katholische Pfadfinderschaft Europas is a German Catholic Scouting organization with 2,500 members. It is part of the Union Internationale des Guides et Scouts d’Europe...
), affiliated to Union Internationale des Guides et Scouts d'EuropeUnion Internationale des Guides et Scouts d'EuropeThe International Union of the Guides and Scouts of Europe is a traditional faith-based Scouting organization with 20 member associations in 17 European...
, founded in 1981 http://www.kpe.at.tt/ - Royal Rangers Austria, affiliated to Royal Rangers InternationalRoyal RangersRoyal Rangers is a worldwide ministry of the Assemblies of God and is designed to provide youth with challenging activities while providing them with Christian instruction. Royal Rangers International is open to participation of both boys and girls, while the US only allows boy participation in...
, founded 1985 - Adventwacht, affiliated to Pathfinders InternationalPathfinders (Seventh-day Adventist)The Pathfinder Club is a worldwide program organized and directed by the Youth Department of the General Conference of the Seventh-day Adventist Church...
http://www.adventwacht.at/ - Hashomer HatzairHashomer HatzairHashomer Hatzair is a Socialist–Zionist youth movement founded in 1913 in Galicia, Austria-Hungary, and was also the name of the group's political party in the Yishuv in the pre-1948 British Mandate of Palestine...
, member of the Austrian National Youth Council http://www.hashomerhatzair.at/ - Muslimische Pfadfinderinnen und Pfadfinder Österreich (Islamic), founded in 2004 http://www.mpoe.or.at
- Pfadfinder der Kirche Jesu Christi der Heiligen der Letzten Tage, is an organization of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, founded in 1974
- Europa Scouts, founded 1949 http://www.europascouts.at/
- Pfadfinderinnen und Pfadfinder Europas-Österreich, founded 2000 http://pfadfinder-europas.home.pages.at/
- Scouts of Europa - Europäische Pfadfinderbewegung,Prospect Member of the World Federation of Independent ScoutsWorld Federation of Independent ScoutsThe World Federation of Independent Scouts is the non-governmental international organization which governs 82 affiliated Scout Organizations in 41 countries, with an estimated 200,000 members in 3562 Scout Groups...
, founded 2006 http://www.scoutsofeuropa.com
International Scout and Guide units in Austria
- Boy Scouts of AmericaBoy Scouts of AmericaThe Boy Scouts of America is one of the largest youth organizations in the United States, with over 4.5 million youth members in its age-related divisions...
, served by the Transatlantic Council - Girlguiding UKGirlguiding UKGirlguiding UK is the national Guiding organisation of the United Kingdom. Guiding began in the UK in 1910 after Robert Baden-Powell asked his sister Agnes to start a group especially for girls that would be run along similar lines to Scouting for Boys. The Guide Association was a founder member of...
, served by British Guides in Foreign CountriesGirlguiding BGIFCGirlguiding BGIFC is part of Girlguiding UK and is for British nationals living overseas. Administratively it is based in Commonwealth Guide Headquarters in Victoria, London. Members in this section of Girlguiding UK follow the normal programme very closely. Girls make the same promise as girls in... - Girl Scouts of the USAGirl Scouts of the USAThe Girl Scouts of the United States of America is a youth organization for girls in the United States and American girls living abroad. It describes itself as "the world's preeminent organization dedicated solely to girls". It was founded by Juliette Gordon Low in 1912 and was organized after Low...
, served by USAGSO headquarters - Hungarian Scouting, served by Külföldi Magyar CserkészszövetségKülföldi Magyar CserkészszövetségKülföldi Magyar Cserkészszövetség is a Scouts-in-Exile organization created for youth of Hungarian descent. Scouting makes it possible for the young men and women to learn more about their Hungarian heritage, language and culture...
- Hungarian Scout Association in Exteris - HomenetmenHomenetmenHomenetmen is a pan-Armenian diaspora organization devoted to sport and Scouting. The motto of Homenetmen is "Elevate Yourself and Elevate Others with You" .-Foundation:...
has one chapter in ViennaViennaVienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
, founded in 1985