Scouting and Guiding in Austria

Scouts in Austria in 1920

Scouting in Austria is served by multiple Scout associations, among them

• Pfadfinder und Pfadfinderinnen Österreichs, member of World Organization of the Scout Movement and WAGGGS, member of the Austrian National Youth Council
• Österreichischer Pfadfinderbund, 3000 members, founded 1914/reorganized 1949, member of the Austrian National Youth Council
• Pfadfinder-Gilde Österreichs, founder member of the International Scout and Guide Fellowship, founded in 1951, 3000 members
• Katholische Pfadfinderschaft Europas-Österreich (Catholic Scouts of Europe), affiliated to Union Internationale des Guides et Scouts d'Europe, founded in 1981
• Royal Rangers Austria, affiliated to Royal Rangers International, founded 1985
• Adventwacht, affiliated to Pathfinders International
• Hashomer Hatzair, member of the Austrian National Youth Council
• Muslimische Pfadfinderinnen und Pfadfinder Österreich (Islamic), founded in 2004
• 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
• Pfadfinderinnen und Pfadfinder Europas-Österreich, founded 2000
• Scouts of Europa - Europäische Pfadfinderbewegung, Prospect Member of the World Federation of Independent Scouts, ^[1] founded 2006

International Scout and Guide units in Austria

• Boy Scouts of America, served by the Transatlantic Council
• Girlguiding UK, served by British Guides in Foreign Countries
• Girl Scouts of the USA, served by USAGSO headquarters ^[2]
• Scouts et Guides de France operates one group in Vienna. ^[3]
• Hungarian Scouting, served by Külföldi Magyar Cserkészszövetség - Hungarian Scout Association in Exteris
• Homenetmen has one chapter in Vienna, founded in 1985 ^[4]

See also

• Rudolf Carl von Slatin, early promoter and supporter of Scouting in Austria and Honorary Chief Scout
• Scouting in displaced persons camps

References

1. "Euroletter" (pdf). WFIS-Europe. April 2011. p. 18. Retrieved 2011-08-16.
2. "Facts about USA Girl Guides Overseas" (PDF). Girl Scouts of the USA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2010-10-03.
3. "Erascout" (in French). Scouts et Guides de France. Archived from the original on 2012-12-18. Retrieved 2012-10-17.
4. "Homenetmen Time Line" (PDF). Homenetmen Pasadena "Azadamard" Chapter. p. 6. Archived from the original (pdf) on 2012-03-30. Retrieved 2011-08-16.