Scouting and Guiding in Germany

The Catholic scout organisation Deutsche Pfadfinderschaft Sankt Georg is also open to girls and women since 1971.

The primarily female Catholic organisation Pfadfinderinnenschaft St. Georg decided in 1982 not to merge with the inclusive counterpart.

The majority of international Scout and Guide groups dates back to the Allied occupation of Western Germany following World War II.

[11] The Dansk Spejderkorps Sydslesvig offers Scouting to the Danish minority of Southern Schleswig in Schleswig-Holstein.

It is affiliated to the Danish Det Danske Spejderkorps as well as to the German Bund der Pfadfinderinnen und Pfadfinder and has about 700 members in 15 troops.

German Scouts of the YMCA before World War I on an early color photograph
The Kohte , the typical black tent of German Scouting since the 1930s
Singing Girl Guides of the Christliche Pfadfinderschaft Deutschlands