List of youth organizations in Germany
This list includes active youth organizations in Germany that are important nationwide.
Political youth organizations
Youth organizations of the parties represented in the Bundestag
Youth organization | Abbreviation | Mother party | Members | Regional associations | founding year |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Young Union | JU | CDU and CSU * | 110,000 | 18th | 1947 |
Young Socialists | Jusos | SPD | approx. 80,000 | 16 | 1914 |
Left youth ['solid] | ['solid] | The left * | 22,500 | 16 | 2007 |
Green youth | GJ | Alliance 90 / The Greens | 13,500 | 16 | 1994 |
Young liberals | JuLis | FDP * | 10,000 | 16 | 1980 |
Young alternative for Germany | YES | AfD | approx. 1,655 | 15th | 2013 |
* = independent according to the statutes
Youth organizations from other parties
Youth organization | Abbreviation | Mother party | Members | Regional associations | founding year |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Socialist German workers' youth | SDAJ | DKP | 750 | 14th | 1968 |
Young nationalists | JN | NPD | 280 | 10 | 1969 |
Young ecologists | JÖ | ÖDP | about 250 | 2 | 1992 |
rebel | MLPD | 150 | 1992 | ||
Young pirates | JuPis | Pirate party | 2016 (newly founded) | ||
Hintner Youth | HJ | The party | 4th | 2005 |
The party youth are z. Organized in the ring of political youth
Historical youth organizations from parties represented in the Bundestag
Youth organization | Abbreviation | Mother party | founding year | Separation from parent party | Dissolution / prohibition |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Socialist youth in Germany - The Falcons | SJD | SPD * | 1904 | 2011 | - |
Young democrats | DJD | FDP * | 1919 | 1982 | 2018 as JD / JL |
Free German Youth | FDJ | KPD * | 1936 | - | 1954 |
* = independent according to the statutes
Student associations
Youth organization | Abbreviation | Parent association | Members | College groups | founding year |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ring of Christian Democratic Students | RCDS | CDU and CSU | 8,000 | 87 | 1951 |
Junge Union university groups | JU-HSG | CDU and CSU | 3 | ||
Juso university groups | Juso-HSG | SPD | 80 | 1973 | |
Federal Association of Liberal University Groups | LHG | FDP | 64 | 1987 | |
Campus green | Alliance 90 / The Greens | 55 | 1999 | ||
The left. Socialist-Democratic Student Association | Die Linke.SDS | The left | 62 | 2007 | |
Pirate college groups | PIRATES | 40 | 2009 | ||
Campus alternative. AfD / JA university groups | AfD-HSG | Alternative for Germany | 2013 | ||
ver.di university groups | ver.di-HSG | ver.di | |||
Federal Committee of Students in the GEW | BASS | GEW | |||
AEGEE - European Student Forum | 1985 | ||||
AIESEC - International Student Organization | 1946 |
Former student associations
Youth organization | Abbreviation | Parent association | College groups | founding year | resolution |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Socialist German Student Union | SDS | SPD (until 1960) | 1946 | 1970 | |
Social Democratic University Association (from 1972: Socialist University Association) | SHB | SPD (until 1971) | 1960 | 1992 | |
Marxist student union Spartacus | MSB | DKP | 1971 | 1990 |
Student associations
- Bundesschülerkonferenz - student representative body at federal level
- Juso student and trainee group (JSAG) - within the Jusos , the youth organization of the SPD
- Schüler Union (SU) - a CDU and CSU- affiliated student organization in Germany
- Liberal Students - Young Liberals' organization for students
- State School Students' Association of Bavaria e. V. (LSV Bayern) - an independent, Bavaria-wide association of schoolchildren that is involved in the field of student representation
Union youth organizations
- DGB youth - The union youth is both part of the DGB and an independent youth association. Member organizations of the DGB youth are the following youth organizations of the currently eight DGB member unions:
- - EVG-Jugend - youth organization of the railway and transport union
- - IG BCE Jugend - youth organization of the mining, chemical, and energy industrial union
- - IG Metall Jugend - youth organization of the metal industry union
- - Junge BAU - youth organization of the industrial union building-agrar-environment
- - Junge GEW - youth organization of the education and science union
- - Junge Gruppe (GdP) - youth organization of the police union
- - Junge NGG - youth organization of the food-enjoyment-restaurants union
- - ver.di Jugend - youth organization of the United Service Union
- DBB Jugend - The youth union of the German civil service federation and tariff union , it is an independent organization of youth welfare.
- GdS-Jugend - youth organization of the social security union
Youth parties
- future! - The young alternative (formerly future! - the youth party )
- Young Duisburg
- PETO - the young alternative
Other political youth organizations
- Federal Youth Council and State Youth Council
- German National Committee for International Youth Work - Working Group of the German Sports Youth , the DBJR and the RpJ
- Young Forum DIG - Forum of young members of the German-Israeli Society
- Young European Federalists - Youth Association of the European Union
- Naturfreundejugend Deutschlands - left, ecological youth association
- Solidarity Youth of Germany - independent youth organization of the RKB Solidarity , emerged from worker cycling
- Revolution - Communist youth organization of the League for a Fifth International .
Environment and nature conservation youth associations
- BUNDjugend
- German forest youth
- German youth association for nature observation
- Greenpeace youth with green teams
- YES NOW
- Youth organization Bund Naturschutz
- Naturefriends youth of Germany
- Youth of the German Alpine Club
- Conservation Youth
- Sielmann's nature ranger
Youth organizations of the relief organizations
- Worker Samaritan Youth
- DLRG youth
- Johanniter youth
- Youth fire brigade
- German Youth Red Cross
- AWO youth work
- Maltese youth
- THW youth
- Water watch youth
Sports youth associations
Youth travel associations and youth exchange associations
- AEGEE (European Student Forum )
- AFS intercultural encounters
- AIESEC (international student organization)
- Working group of non-profit youth exchange organizations
- Franco-German youth agency
- German-Greek youth agency
- German-Polish Youth Office
- German Academic Exchange Service
- German Youth Hostel Association
- European Voluntary Service
- Coordination Center for German-Czech Youth Exchange Tandem
- Culture-wide
- International youth community services
- German-Russian Youth Exchange Foundation
- Worldward
Boy Scout Associations
Interdenominational associations
- Association of Boy Scouts (BdP)
- Association of German Scouts (BDP)
- German Boy Scout Association (DPB)
- German Scout Association (DPV)
- Scout Association Globetrotters (PbW)
Confessional Associations
- Christian Guides of the Advent Youth (CPA)
- Christian Scouting Germany (CPD)
- Christian Scouting Royal Rangers (RR)
- German Scouting Association Sankt Georg (DPSG)
- Heliand Scouting Association (HP)
- Girl Scouting Union St. Georg (PSG)
- Association of Christian Boy Scouts (VCP)
- Catholic Scouting of Europe (KPE)
Religious youth organizations
Christian youth organizations
- Advent youth
- Association of Protestant Youth (aej)
- Federation of German Catholic Youth (BdKJ)
- Christian Worker Youth (CAJ)
- Christian Youth Village Association of Germany (CJD)
- Christian Association of Young People (YMCA)
- Decided for Christ (EC)
- Evangelical Student Congregation (ESG)
- Evangelical Youth Office (EJW)
- Community youth work in the Federation of Evangelical Free Churches (GJW)
- Youth 2000
- Youth Associations of the Community of Christian Life (J-GCL)
- Young Community (JG)
- Catholic Young Congregation (KJG)
- Catholic rural youth movement (KLJB)
- Catholic Student Youth (KSJ)
- Kolping youth
- Orthodox Youth Association Germany
- Schoenstatt Girls Youth
- Schoenstatt male youth
- Students for Christ
Other religious youth organizations
- Association of Muslim Youth (BDMJ)
- Association of Alevi Young People in Germany (BDAJ)
- Jewish Student Union Germany (JSUD)
- Association of Jewish Students in Bavaria (VJSB)
- Muslim Youth in Germany (MJD)
- Khuddam ul-Ahmadiyya (MKAD)
Youth organizations from the economy
- Juniors of Crafts (JDH)
- Wirtschaftsjunioren Germany (WJD)
- Federal Association of Young Entrepreneurs (BJU)
Youth organizations in the cultural field
- Deutsche Bläserjugend (dbj) - youth organization of the Federal Association of German Music Associations (BDMV)
- German Choir Youth (DCJ) - youth organization of the German Choir Association (DCV)
- Bund Deutscher Karneval - Jugend (BDK-Jugend) - youth organization of the Bund Deutscher Karneval (BDK)
- djo-German Youth in Europe - international, cultural and political youth organization
- Bund der Schützenjugend (BDSJ) - youth organization of the Federation of Historic German Rifle Brotherhoods (BHDS)
Migrant youth organizations (MJSO) / Associations of young people with a migration background (VJM)
- Amaro Drom eV - youth organization of young Roma and Sinti in Germany
- Assyrian Youth Association Central Europe eV (AJM)
- German Youth from Russia - Federal youth organization of German youth from Russia
- DIDF youth
- Association of Russian-speaking Youth in Germany JunOst eV (JunOst)
- Young Voice TGD - Youth Association of the Turkish Community in Germany
Other youth organizations
- Amnesty Jugend - youth organization of the German section of Amnesty International
- Federal Association of Young Authors e. V.
- fkk-jugend - youth organization of the DFK
- Leo Clubs - The youth organization of the Lions club
- Rotaract - Rotary International youth organization
- Interact - Rotary International's youth organization
- Youth network Lambda - gay and lesbian youth association
- German Esperanto Youth - youth organization of the German Esperanto Association
- Bund der Deutschen Landjugend - youth association for young people in rural areas
- Youth Press Germany - Youth Media Organization
- Young press North Rhine-Westphalia - Association of young media makers
- German Schreberjugend - German Schreberjugend
- SoVD-Jugend - Youth Association of the Social Association Germany
- Ring of young leagues - union of leagues in the tradition of the youth movement
- Nerother Wandervogel - Association for the establishment of the Rhenish Youth Castle - Wandervogelgemeinschaft
- SMJG - the BDSM youth
- Schüler Helfen Leben - Aid organization for young people in the Balkans
- Youth Bank - Aid organization for the promotion of charitable youth projects
- MoveForwardProject - Charity project to improve the African educational landscape
- German Deaf Youth (DGJ) - youth association for young deaf and hard of hearing people
Individual evidence
- ↑ Learn more about the Junge Union Deutschlands. In: Junge-union.de. Junge Union , accessed October 25, 2019 .
- ↑ Dorothee Torebko, Mathias Puddig: "Mrs. Karliczek is overwhelmed". In: MOZ . Retrieved March 9, 2020 .
- ^ Association history. In: linksjugend-solid.de. Linksjugend ['solid] , accessed October 25, 2019 .
- ↑ Green Youth : History. In: gruene-jugend.de. Green Youth, accessed July 4, 2020 .
- ↑ Who we are. In: julis.de. Young Liberals , accessed October 25, 2019 .
- ↑ Julia Klaus: Dropouts want to found new AfD youth. In: time online. January 30, 2019, accessed March 9, 2020 .
- ^ Constitutional Protection Report 2018 (PDF) Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution , p. 148 , accessed on October 25, 2019 .
- ^ Constitutional Protection Report 2018. (PDF) Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution , p. 87 , accessed on October 25, 2019 .
- ↑ https://junge-nationalisten.de/allgemein/adressen-der-jn-verbaende/
- ^ Federal Board of Young Ecologists. In: Jungeoekologen.de. Young Ecologists , accessed July 6, 2017 .
- ↑ https://www.jungeoekologen.de/vor-ort/uebersicht/
- ^ Constitutional Protection Report 2018. (PDF) Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution , p. 151 , accessed on October 25, 2019 .