List of Scouting memorials


Since the birth and expansion of the Scout movement in the first decade of the 20th century, many Scouting memorials, monuments and gravesites have been erected throughout the world.

Africa

Kenya

  • Baden-Powell graveWajee Nature Park, Nyeri, Kenya, near Mount Kenya. His gravestone bears a circle with a dot in the center, which is the Boy Scout trail sign for "I have gone home":
  • Baden-Powell "Paxtu" Cottage – On the grounds of the "Outspan Hotel", Nyeri, Kenya
  • A museum is also under construction only a few hundred yards away from Baden Powel's gravesite. The museum is being funded by a joint effort between WSO nations to create an international scouting heritage center.
  • A commemorative stamp featuring Lord Baden-Powell's Paxtu cottage and Lady Baden-Powell has been issued by Kenya.

Asia

Japan

  • This statue in Yokohama is a memorial to the Unknown Scout Soldier, representing a true story during a fierce battle in Okinawa during World War II. The inscription on the memorial reads as follows "This statue is a memorial of a true story of a fierce battle in World War II, which happened on an island in the South Pacific Ocean somewhere. An American soldier was seriously wounded, and he was lying where he had fallen. The sound of gunfire stopped, and the surroundings quieted down. He heard someone's footsteps approaching him. A Japanese soldier who had a gun with a bayonet was standing over him when he opened his eyes. He thought that he was going to be killed by the Japanese soldier, and he fainted. After a while, he woke up. He found a white slip of paper on the sand by his side, and he put it in his pocket. He was carried on a stretcher to the field operations aid station soon after that. When he was put on the operating table, he remembered the slip of paper in his pocket, and gave it to the doctor. It was a message from the Japanese soldier, and was as follows: "When I was about to kill you, you made the three fingered Scout salute. I am a Scout. A Scout is a brother. Therefore, I could not kill any person who lost the fighting spirit. I tended to your wound. Good luck!" After the war, the American soldier and his father visited the Boy Scout headquarters in the United States, and told this story. They donated money for the Boy Scouts to put up a monument to the Scouting Spirit. In 1952, Mr. Finnel came to inspect the Boy Scout movement of Japan from the headquarters in the United States and passed on this true story as a fine anecdote from during the war. The American soldier's name is not known. The Japanese soldier was killed. This monument is to the Unknown Scout Soldier. This is an example of the Scout Spirit of Japan."

Nepal

Philippines

Europe

Austria

Lower Austria

Salzburg

  • Großarl,
  • *"Europetable" commemorating Robert Baden-Powell and the a United Europe
  • *"Heavenknot" – wooden reef knot with ISGF badge
  • *Scout Salute
  • Commemorative stone in Oberndorf, commemorating all Scouts of the group, who died during World War II
  • Gravesite of Karl "Kara" Barteis, Anthering.
  • Gravesite of Clemens Röbl OFM, Bruck an der Glocknerstraße Clemens Röbl was an important Scoutmaster for Catholic Scouting in Tyrol and Carinthia.
  • "Boy Scouts Street" in Salzburg, a street next to the house where Emmerich Teuber lived
  • Untersberg, there is a Gipfelkreuz, called Roverkreuz, erected in 1962. The cross was made by the Scout group Salzburg 6 Maxglan. In 2012 a commemorative plaque for Schurli Sturm senior, one of the Scouts from Maxglan was added.

Styria

  • Baden-Powell-Avenue, Graz
  • Fürstenfeld,
  • *"Boy Scouts Street" in
  • *memorial commemorating the founder of the Scout group of the city Franz Schragen. The memorial was erected in 1978.
  • Limberg bei Wies, Commemorative plaque in the yard of the Castle Limberg, commemorating Josef Dolschek. He was an important Scoutleader in Styria and administrator of the castle.
  • Straß, Commemorative stone commemorating the first Scouting activities in Austria in 1909

Tyrol

  • Innsbruck – a memorial for all deceased scouts of Tyrol, it is located at the Tummelplatz in Amras.
  • Glotzen, there is a Gipfelkreuz made by the Scout group of Wattens, Glotzen, erected in 1958. It shows a Fleur-de-lis.
  • Malgrübler, there is a Gipfelkreuz called Scout cross. It was erected in 1957 commemorating the 100th birthday of the Founder from the Scout group of Hall in Tirol.
  • Helm, there is a Gipfelkreuz erected in 1958, made by Josef Tschurtschenthaler and erected by Scouts from Germany, Italy, Switzerland, France, Spain, Belgium and the Netherlands.
  • Gilfert, there is a Gipfelkreuz, commemorating the Scout Hermann Scherer from the Scout group Innsbruck 7. He died on the Gilfert through an avalanche in January 1959. The cross was erected in October 1959.

Upper Austria

Vienna

  • Commemorative plaque in Vienna, Apostelgasse 9, commemorating one of the first Austrian Scout troops
  • Commemorative stone in Vienna, Rathauspark commemorating 10th World Conference of ISGF in 1973.
  • Commemorative plaque in Vienna, Kahlenbergdörfl commemorating all deceased Austrian Scouts and Girl Guides
  • Commemorative plaque in Vienna, Laxenburger Straße 111, commemorating one of the first Austrian Scout troops, founded in 1911 by the Hungarian priest Köhler.
  • Gravesite of Emmerich Teuber and Wilhelm Teuber-Weckersdorf, Dornbacher Friedhof, Gruppe III, Grave Number 9, Vienna
  • Gravesite of the Scoutmaster Karl Ludwig "Karolus" Slonek, Zentralfriedhof, Gate III, Gruppe VIII, Reihe 4, Grave Number 19
  • Gravesite of the Karl "Dadi" Prohazka und Helene "Lona" Prohazka, Karl "Dadi" Prohazka served as Chief Scout of the Österreichischer Pfadfinderbund 1950–1982 and Honorary Chief Scout 1982–1990, Chair of the Österreichischer Jugendherbergenverband 1946–1976 he joined Scouting in 1914, his wife Lona served as a Cub Leader and International Commissioner of the Bund Österreichischer Pfadfinderinnen 1948–1950, Sieveringer Friedhof, Abteilung II, Gruppe 10, Grave Number 29
  • DDr. Heinrich Maier Street, Vienna
  • Johann-Petrak-Street, Vienna, Johann Petrak was an important Scoutmaster in Vienna. He founded 6 Scout troops in Vienna and was also active in underground Scouting during the German occupation.
  • Baden-Powell-Square, in a park in the 22nd district of Vienna.
  • Roman Köhler Bridge, Handelskai near the Hilton Hotel, commemorating the teacher and Scoutmaster Roman Köhler, he served as a Scoutmaster from 1930 to 1968 and also volunteered in several jobs on regional and national level within Vienesse and Austrian Scouting.

Czech Republic

  • The stone mound at Ivančena on Lysá hora was founded in 1946 as a memorial to a group of Scouts who were executed in April 1945 in Cieszyn, Poland, for their part in anti-Nazi resistance. It is continuously being expanded: visitors contribute rocks from all parts of the world.

Denmark

  • A plaquette on the former building of Gammel Hellerup Gymnasium – the school where the first scout patrol was formed.
  • A memorial stone at Ermelunden – the site of the 2nd World Scout Jamboree in 1924
  • A memorial stone at the training center Hylkedam over the 27 DDS-scouts, that lost their lives during the WW2 resistance.

Germany

  • Schneizlreuth, Quarter Baumgarten – a commemorative plaque next to the ruins of a Scout house, burned down in 1934 by Hitler Youth and Sturmabteilung
  • Mannheim, Hauptfriedhof – gravesite of Maximilian Bayer
  • Dommershausen, Quarter Dorweiler, Castle Waldeck – Memorial of the German Youth Movement -memorial stones for German youth leaders and Scoutmasters
  • Simmern, a memorial for all Scouts killed in action during the World Wars and all Scouts killed by the Nazis.
  • Gündelskopf, a mountain in the alps of the Allgäu, Scouts and Guides of the Catholic Scouts of Europe erected a cross on the top of the Gündelskopf to commemorate 100 years of Scouting and to honor the Lord
  • Burg Ludwigstein, a castle near Witzenhausen in centre of Germany. The castle is today the main centre of Bündische Jugend and many German and Austrian Scouting and Wandervogel association's. The castel was intended a memorial for members of the Wandervogel that were killed in the First World War and includes today the archive of German Youth Movement.
  • Munich, a Commemorative plaque for the first German Scout Group the 1.Münchner Pfadfinderzug in the Oskar-von-Miller-Gymnasium.
  • Fischach, Gravesite of Alexander Lion.
  • Untergriesbach, Quarter Gottsdorf, Gravesite of Franz Paul Wimmer. Wimmer was one of the first Scoutleaders in Germany. A Commemorative plaque was erected in 2009.
  • Frankfurt am Main, a street is named "Boy Scouts Street".
  • Frohnau, Berlin, a street is named "Boy Scouts Street".
  • Hessisch Lichtenau, a street is named Next to the Scout House.
  • Wolfsburg, Quarter Kästorf, a street is named "Boy Scouts Street".
  • Pforzheim, Herz-Jesu-Kirche, memorial for the German Catholic Scoutmaster Fred Joseph, who was killed in Auschwitz
  • The scout grave is the memorial place provided with a stone cross and inaugurated on 21 June 1931 of an accident in the early morning of 22 June 1930 on the ‘‘Liedberg‘‘ in Korschenbroich.
  • *Sir [Robert Baden Powell (ship, 1957)]

Hungary

Ireland

  • A plaque sits at the location on Dame Street in Dublin City where Richard Fortune held the first Scout meeting in Ireland at this home.

Italy

  • "Baden-Powell street", Monfalcone
  • Commemorative plaque in Trieste commemorating the See-Skaut-Schule/Scouti marini di Trieste 1915–1918. It was erected in 2009 by Austrian and Italian Scouts.
  • Messina, Sicily on the Via Dina e Clarenza across from the Santuario della Madonna de Montalto. It was dedicated in 2009 to Scouts in Messina.
  • Villa comunale "Baden-Powell ", Alcamo.
  • Giardino Robert Baden Powell.
  • Parco Robert Baden Powell.

Luxembourg

  • Wiltz – The "International Scouting One Penny Monument"
Erected on 28 May 1982, offered by the Scouts of Wiltz with the help of Scouts and Guides of the world, in honour of Lord Robert Baden-Powell 1857–1941 Founder of the Scout Movement.
The sculpture of the Roman travertine is 3.5 meters high with a base approximately 11 tons and was made by the sculptor Lucien Wercollier from Luxembourg.
Scouts who visited Wiltz each donated 1 penny. This paid for the monument and so it got its name.
Image:Graf Jan van Hoof Daalseweg.JPG|thumb|right|Former grave site Jan van Hoof

Netherlands

Poland

Portugal

  • Memorial to Lord Baden Powell in Ferragudo, Lagoa, Algarve.
  • Rua Baden-Powell, Albufeira

Romania

  • Scout memorial in Tecuci. It was destroyed in 1950 by communists and re-erected in 1996.

Slovenia

Ukraine

United Kingdom

Image:Scout stone Brownsea.jpg|thumb|110px|Stone on Brownsea Island commemorating the first scout camp.

North America

Canada

Mexico

  • Scout Statue, Tlalpan Forest, Mexico City ''''

United States

Image:Boy Scout Memorial-27527.jpg|thumb|Boy Scout Memorial by Donald De Lue in President's Park, 1964

Oceania

Australia

  • At Gilwell Park, Gembrook, Victoria the De Molnar Memorial Hall was opened 26 January 1964.
The building commemorates the former International Commissioner and Deputy Camp Chief of Hungary and Chairman of Melbourne Scout District Fritz de Molnar.
  • Lord Baden Powell Drive, Wagga Wagga

Central and South America

Brazil

  • A statue honoring Baden-Powell, inscribed "Founder of Scouting", is located in a park in the Gloria section of central Rio de Janeiro.
  • A statue on the Praia do Flamengo in Rio de Janeiro was given to the youth of Brazil by the youth of Chile for their aid in the 1923 earthquake. A stamp honoring the statue was issued in 1954.

El Salvador

Venezuela

  • A full torso statue is located in Bello Campo, Municipio Chacao, Estado Miranda, Caracas, Venezuela.

Film tributes

Baden-Powell Centenary

In 1957, Scouts and Scouters world-wide celebrated the centennial anniversary of Baden-Powell's birth.