Austrian Scout Association
| Austrian Scout Association (ÖPB) |
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| purpose | Promoting the development of young people |
| Chair: | Gerhard Spitzer |
| Establishment date: | 1912 |
| Number of members: | 3000 |
| Seat : | Vienna |
| Website: | www.pfadfinderbund.at |
The Austrian Scout Association (ÖPB) is the second largest scout association in Austria after the PPÖ . Today it has about 3000 members and works mainly in Vienna and Lower Austria and Carinthia, but also Upper Austria and Salzburg. The interdenominational association is a member of the Austrian Federal Youth Council. The ÖPB is co-educational .
The federal training center of the ÖPB is Höflein an der Donau . The head office is in Vienna.
history
The ÖPB was founded in the spring of 1914 by Hauptmann a. D. Emmerich Teuber , forerunner was an association founded in 1912 to create and maintain a scout corps.
During the First World War , the federal government carried out military aid with up to 300 boys a day. In 1922 the Bund was admitted to the world federation , in 1924 it took part in the Jamboree in Copenhagen . After the First World War there was a move away from youth care work and excessive patriotism and opening up to the youth movement . Catholic leaders of the Federation founded the Austrian Scout Corps St. Georg in 1926 . In 1938 the Austrian Scout Association was after connection of Austria to the German Reich banned.
Shortly after its re-establishment in 1945, it merged with the Austrian Scout Corps St. Georg to form the Austrian Scouts (PÖ). In 1949 some leaders and functionaries split off from the PÖ and re-founded the ÖPB. The main reason was the accusation that the PÖ leaned too much on the Roman Catholic Church .
Since 1951, the old scouts (guilds) of the ÖPB and the old scout clubs of the PÖ have been merged to form the joint association of old scout guilds in Austria, today the Austrian scout guild . In the ÖPB, all generations are active in the intergenerational dialogue in a common togetherness in the sense of "Once a scout / pathfinder always a pathfinder / pathfinder".
The Austrian Scout Association and the Scouts and Guides of Austria in 1995 signed a cooperation agreement.
Ages
Called age categories:
- Wolves (6-11 years)
- Boy Scouts (11-16 years)
- Rover (16-25 years)
- Guilds (from 25 years)
See also
Web links
- www.pfadfinderbund.at Official homepage