Ring deutscher Pfadfinderverbände

The Ring deutscher Pfadfinderverbände (RdP; German Scout Federation) was the German national Scouting organization within the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM). It served 115,944 members (as of 2011).[1]

Ring deutscher Pfadfinderverbände
German Scout Federation
Location	Mühlendamm 3 10178 Berlin
Country	Germany
Founded	1949
Defunct	2021 (2021)
Membership	115,944
Affiliation	World Organization of the Scout Movement
Website http://www.pfadfinden-in-deutschland.de/

The RdP was founded as Ring deutscher Pfadfinderbünde in 1949 by three Scouting associations:

• Bund Deutscher Pfadfinder (BDP, interreligious)
• Christliche Pfadfinderschaft Deutschlands (CPD, Protestant)
• Deutsche Pfadfinderschaft Sankt Georg (DPSG, Roman Catholic).

It became a member of WOSM in 1950.

In 1973, following the disintegration of the BDP and the merger of the CPD with its Guiding counterparts, it was renamed the Ring deutscher Pfadfinderverbände. The current members are:

• Bund der Pfadfinderinnen und Pfadfinder (BdP, interreligious, co-ed)
• Deutsche Pfadfinderschaft Sankt Georg (DPSG, Roman Catholic, co-ed)
• Verband Christlicher Pfadfinderinnen und Pfadfinder (VCP, Protestant, co-ed).
• Bund Muslimischer Pfadfinder und Pfadfinderinnen Deutschlands (BMPPD, Muslim, co-ed)

Three of these, the BdP, the VCP, and the BMPPD, were also members of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts, via the Ring Deutscher Pfadfinderinnenverbände. Both federations worked strongly together in the main fields of Scouting and Guiding.

In 2021, Ring deutscher Pfadfinderverbände and Ring Deutscher Pfadfinderinnenverbände merged, forming the Ring deutscher Pfadfinder*innenverbände.