Scouting and Guiding in Austria

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 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 [1]
• Pfadfinder-Gilde Österreichs, founder member of the International Scout and Guide Fellowship, founded in 1951, 3000 members [2]
• Pfadfinderschaft Europas - Österreich (KPE-Ö) , affiliated to Union Internationale des Guides et Scouts d'Europe, founded in 1981 [3]
• Royal Rangers Austria, affiliated to Royal Rangers International, founded 1985
• Adventwacht, affiliated to Pathfinders International [4]
• Hashomer Hatzair, member of the Austrian National Youth Council [5]
• Muslimische Pfadfinderinnen und Pfadfinder Österreich (Islamic), founded in 2004 [6]
• 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 [7]
• Pfadfinderinnen und Pfadfinder Europas-Österreich, founded 2000 [8]
• Scouts of Europa - Europäische Pfadfinderbewegung, founded 2006 [9]

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
• Hungarian Scouting, served by Külföldi Magyar Cserkészszövetség - Hungarian Scout Association in Exteris
• Homenetmen has one chapter in Vienna. It was founded in 1985.

See also

• Scouting in displaced persons camps