| Abbreviation | BDKJ |
|---|---|
| Formation | 1947 |
| Purpose | Umbrella organization of German Catholic youth organizations |
| Headquarters | Düsseldorf,  Germany |
Membership | 660,000 members |
Presidents | Gregor Podschun, Lena Bloemacher, Daniela Hottenbacher |
Praeses | Stefan Ottersbach |
| Website | www |
The Bund der Deutschen Katholischen Jugend (BDKJ) is the umbrella of Catholic youth organizations in Germany.
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Pfadfinder und Pfadfinderinnen Österreichs is the largest Scouting and Guiding organization in Austria and the only one approved by World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) and the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM). The association claims more than 300 troops with more than 85,000 Scouts nationwide. WOSM and WAGGGS give quite smaller membership values for the PPÖ: 9,503 Scouts and 10,508 Guides.
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The Jugendbund Neudeutschland is a German Catholic organization, founded in 1919 following a recommendation by Felix von Hartmann, the Archbishop of Cologne. During the Weimar Republic, it was closely affiliated with the Catholic Centre Party. The organisation opposed Nazism and was banned by the Nazi regime in 1933. After World War II, it was re-established as Bund Neudeutschland and enlarged, comprising a wing for secondary school students, another for university students, and a third one for those who were no longer students, but wished to continue in the movement. The student wings then merged with the parallel girls movement Heliand and formed the Katholische Studierende Jugend, which is affiliated with the International Young Christian Students.
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The Pfadfinderinnenschaft Sankt Georg (PSG) is a German Roman Catholic Girl Scout regionally coed association with about 10,000 members. The national association is a full member of the Ring Deutscher Pfadfinderinnenverbände and the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS). Founded in 1931 and restarted in 1947, WAGGGS membership was attained in 1950. It is also a member of the International Catholic Conference of Scouting (ICCS) and of the Bund der Deutschen Katholischen Jugend (BDKJ). There is also a parallel Scouting organization with strong ties to the PSG, the Deutsche Pfadfinderschaft Sankt Georg.
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