Scout Group
The trunk is in Boy Scouts in Germany and South Tyrol the name of the organizational unit in which groups of all ages a place are merged. The corresponding name in Austria 's group in Switzerland Department.
Shaping
A strain can vary in size and appearance from place to place, country to country and Scout Association Scout Association to strong, but always several small groups form a trunk. There are Scout Unions whose trunks occur as a pure boy or girl tribes, mostly working Scouting Communities in German-speaking but with coeducational tribes.
A strain is often combined with other tribes, a regional organization structure and belongs to a Scout Association. So-called free tribes who work outside such structures are often not recognized sponsor of youth welfare.
A tribe usually includes 20 to 80 members, and there are also much larger strains.
Structure
As was the case the expression can be structured quite differently a tribe. However, a basic principle always form the so-called stages, similar to the class system in education that are the age differences and the correspondingly different physical and mental developments.
Common names for each stage, with typical ages are ( the exact age limits are different in the different Scout associations ):
- Cub Scouts ( in Switzerland: wolves ), Girl Group: Imp ( in Switzerland: Bienli ): 6-11 years
- Cubs ( in Switzerland: Scout ): 11-13 years ( only available in some frets )
- Scouts ( in Switzerland: Pioneer ): 13-16 years
- Ranger / Rover: 16-21/25 years
- Group leader: from about 18 years
Another core principle is that the small group. Children and youth of the young Boy Scout or Boy Scout level of the same age are grouped together in small groups of 6-8 members who are referred to as clans (also: Group / patrol / troop / nurseries / team). The small group is the essential experience community group meetings and trips, here is the core of the Boy Scouts and of the Boy Scouts life education takes place.
Often two to four small groups of the same age to medium size groups ( Cub Scouts: pack; Scouts: Troop or guild; Ranger and Rover: circle) summarized. Conversely, due to the aggregation of small groups of different levels and a spatial reference, for example, within a certain district, are produced.
Origins
The established from 1902 by Ernest Thompson Seton, American Woodcraft Movement forth coming and introduced by John Hargrave and Miloš Seifert in Europe tribal principle or principle of tribal education overlaid by about 1925, the system of military units or subdivisions, which was founded in 1907 Scouting. Within the frets of the new and ring Scouts created the first group, who called themselves " tribes ".
( Ulrich von Hutten, Florian Geyer Red Lion, Black Eagle) or exemplary persons ( Schweitzer, Nansen, Korczak ) As tribal name often served heraldic and historical name. The Indian totem modeled animal names were introduced for the families.
Particularity
Unlike other Scouts machinations of the term " tribe " in the Heliand Scout Association represents the groups of a community. The "tribe" means an association of several tribes of the region.