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Our central Scout Park is situated on the outskirts of Budapest (the capital) on 11 hectares, with 3 buildings and indoor accomodation for about 80 people.

ety which has grown up without Scouting. Educate the Hungarian youth both for a life in self- organized communities and team-work, and give them a steady moral background.

Hungarian Scout Association

H-1025 Budapest, Tömörkény u. 3/A. P.O. Box:H-1519 Budapest, P.O.Box 398 Tel.: (36-1) 394-5084 Fax.: (36-1) 275-9572 http://genius.tttk.bme.hu/MuszPed/Cserk

The Republic of Hungary has an area of 93000 km2 and is situated in East-Central- Europe, in the Carpathian Basin. Hungary’s

capital is Budapest. Its climate is dry continental. The country has a population of 10 million, 95% of which is of Hungarian nationality.

In addition there are about 5 million Hungarians in the World: 3.5 million of which live as minorities in the surrounding countries, and the rest throughout the World.

The Hungarian language belongs to the Finno-Ugric branch of the family of the Uralian languages.

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The first Hungarian Scout Groups were formed in 1909, the Hungarian Scout Association in 1912 on an interdenomina- tion basis. Our Scout Law was formulated at that time, and was similar to the one proposed by B.R

“You can look on the white stag as the pure spirit of Scouting: leading you to leap over difficulties, to face new adventures”

With these words B.P. introduced the symbol of the 4th World Jamboree: the mythical stag of old Hungarian legends. Gödöllő, Hungary was the host of the 1933 World Jamboree, where 26 thousand Scouts represented 42 nations. The first set of stamps for a World Jamboree was issued for this event.

The Girl Guide Movement was also significant in Hungary. Girl Guides of the World decided to form WAGGGS in