Elise Hermine von Hopffgarten, née Hennoch (January 29, 1869 in Altenburg[1]-after 1937[2]) was a German author and founder of the Deutschen Pfadfinderbundes für junge Mädchen.
On January 14, 1912, the Deutschen Pfadfinderbundes für junge Mädchen was founded at the instigation of Maximilian Bayer,[3] in which several Scout groups existent since 1908, some of which previously were attached to the Wandervogel, merged.
[5] In this role, she was editor of the club magazine and made numerous lecture tours around Germany, to promote Scouting.
[4] In 1915 the organization launched the Kriegsgarten "war gardens", in which children were taught horticulture and were fed.
[6] In February 1912, Bayer, Alexander Lion, and Carl Freiherr von Seckendorff assisted Elise von Hopffgarten in authoring "Pfadfinderbuch für junge Mädchen" (A Scout Book for Girls).