Films and series set in Bayern

150 films and series set here, plus 68 with only a filming location; ordered by German Wikipedia lookups, not viewings or sales.

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1MünchenMeister Eder und sein Pumuckl66
2NürnbergCurveball – Wir machen die Wahrheit2
3AnsbachJeder für sich und Gott gegen alle2
4BerchtesgadenWinterschläfer2
5WolfratshausenHubert ohne Staller2
6BambergDer Palast1
7CoburgLola1
8Garmisch-PartenkirchenFöhnlage. Ein Alpenkrimi1
9IngolstadtPioniere in Ingolstadt1
10KZ DachauDer neunte Tag1
11Schloss PossenhofenSissi1

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Relief: Copernicus EU-DEM (modified; not endorsed by the European Union), with SRTM, GMTED2010 and ETOPO1 where it does not reach. Boundaries: Natural Earth. Settings: Wikidata. Sources

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Hubert ohne Staller2011 · series · Wolfratshausen
#11,247avg. daily Wikipedia article visits
Sturm der Liebe2005 · series · Schloss Vagen · filmed here, setting unrecorded
#2836avg. daily Wikipedia article visits
Sissi1955 · film · Schloss Possenhofen
#3669avg. daily Wikipedia article visits
Fack ju Göhte2013 · film · filmed here, setting unrecorded
#4615avg. daily Wikipedia article visits
Der Palast2021 · series · Bamberg
#5571avg. daily Wikipedia article visits
Dampfnudelblues2013 · film · Niederbayern
#6542avg. daily Wikipedia article visits
Meister Eder und sein Pumuckl1982 · series · München
#7458avg. daily Wikipedia article visits
Derrick1974 · series · München
#8440avg. daily Wikipedia article visits
Forsthaus Falkenau1989 · series · Landkreis Freyung-Grafenau
#9399avg. daily Wikipedia article visits
Kir Royal1986 · series · München
#10384avg. daily Wikipedia article visits

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