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Scouting in Hungary
Magyar Cserkészszövetség
The Hungarian Scout Association


Flag of Hungary		Arms of Hungary

Map showing the location of Hungary in Central Europe


Badge of Magyar Cserkészszövetség The Hungarian Scout Association	Emblem of Magyar Cserkészszövetség The Hungarian Scout Association

Hungary is a Member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement.
Scouting started in Hungary in 1919, at the end of the First World War.
Hungary was a Founding member of WOSM and hosted the 4th World
Jamboree in 1933 at Gödöllö. Scouting we disbanded by the Communist
regime in 1948. In 1990, Hungary was the first of the Eastern European
Nations to return to membership in the World Organization.

In addition to the Hungarian Scout Association in Hungary, the HSA maintains strong ties to Hungarian Scouting in Yugoslavia, Slovakia, Ukraine, and Romania, as well as to Külföldi Magyar Cserkész Szövetség, the Hungarian Scout Association in Exteris, an organization which kept the flame of Scouting alive outside Hungary and Eastern Europe through the years of the Cold War.

The 50th Anniversary Badge of
Külföldi Magyar Cserkész Szövetség
Hungarian Scout Association Abroad

Hungarian Scouting outside Hungary remains an important element in the lives of several large ethnic Hungarian communities in neighboring countries. The tradition of Hungarian Scouting is accepted by several other National Scouting organizations in their own countries. The Hungarian Scout Association in Exteris is a strong supporter of Scouting in Hungary since its reemergence in 1989.


The Badge of Hungarian Scouting in Romania and Slovakia	The Badge of Hungarian Scouting in Ukraine	The Badge of Hungarian Scouting in Yugoslavia

	Hungary hosted the 4th World Jamboree at Gödöllö, outside Budapest, in 1933. Many have seen the reproduction of the Jamboree badge as part of the collection issued at the 18th World Jamboree in Dronten, the Netherlands in the summer of 1995. Here is the original badge.
	To celebrate the 60th anniversary of the 4th World Jamboree, the Hungarian Scout Association hosted a 4th World Jamboree Memorial Camp at Belápátfalva, Hungary. Here is the badge of the encampment.

Badge of the Hungarian Contingent to the 18th World Jamboree in the Netherlands, 1995

Medal commemorating the
1100th Anniversary of Hungary.
Note the horseman loosing his
arrow at the Magical Stag

Drawing of Sankt Gyorgy,
Saint George, Patron Saint of Scouting.

From the HSA Home Page

Links to Hungarian Scouting

	Home Page of Magyar Cserkészszövetség: The Hungarian Scout Association(in English and Hungarian), includes a short history of the HSAand the Hungarian Scout Laws and Scout Promisein both languages, and a guide to Scouting programs and activities with links to other sites (in Hungarian only).
	Home Page for the Hungarian Scout Association in Slovakia (SzMCs).
	Nickl Karcsibá’s Scouting Page: Nickl Karcsibá Cserkész Lapja(in Hungarian). Some wonderful pictures of the XVIII World Jamboree in the Netherlands and others of Scouting in Hungary. Information on Scouting’s celebration of Hungary’s 1,100th Anniversary (the Mille-Centenery Celebration).
	Home page for the Hungarian Scout Association of Vojvodina, Vajdasági Magyar Cserkészszövetség (Hungarian Scouting in the Former Yugoslavia).
	293. sz. Szt. Kapisztrán Cserkészcsapat (Troop 293, St. John of Capestrano Scouts, Budapest).
	944. sz. Szent Borbála Cserkészcsapat (Troop 944, St. Borbála Scouts)
	"The Legend of the Stag" by Fred Hámorifor a detailed history of the legend in its many forms and to links on the history, culture and traditions of Hungary and the Hungarian People.

	The White Stag: A Special Heritage.The roots of leadership development in the Boy Scouts of America and an interesting connection to Scouting in Hungary.

	One of the founders of White Stag and the designer of the leadership development model used in Scouting today is Bela H. Banathy. He was one of the young Scouts who met B-P and received from him the challenge of the White Stag at the 4th World Jamboree at Godollo in 1933. Bela begins the story of his journey in Scouting in Hungary, 1925-1937.
	Photos and articles from the 4th World Jamboree at Gödöllö in Hungary in 1933.
	James E. West and William Hillcourt were with the American contingent at the 4th World Jamboree at Gödöllö, Hungary. In the1933 Scout Jamboree Bookthey gave some impressions of their Hungarian hosts and of B-P’s closing remarks.

A Chronicle of Scouting in Eastern Europe

With the fall of Communism in Eastern Europe and Russia, Scouting has returned to many lands where it had previously taken root. These pages chronicle the return of former members and the addition of new members to the World Organization of the Scout Movement. They also report the growth of Scouting in the other nations of Eastern Europe.

Scouting organizations around the world are assisting in the growth of Scouting in both Eastern Europe and Russia. They have been identified by country where information is available.

Currently, the "Chronicle" reports on the progress of Scouting in 19 countries in Central and Eastern Europe. The Chronicle Home Page provides links to each.

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