Bavarian Border Police

72 on 15 November 1945 which established a Bavarian State Border Police force, the order taking effect from 1 March 1946.

On 15 March 1947, the overall responsibility for border control and implementation of Military Government Law No.

The last agreement over responsibilities vis-à-vis the Bundesgrenzschutz was spelt out by an administrative agreement, dated 16 July 1975, between the Interior Ministry and the Bavarian State Government, which dealt with the exercise of tasks by the border police arm of the police service in Bavaria.

The only other German state that had its own border police in the post-war era was Hesse, whose border force was operational on the Soviet, British and French zones from 1945 until 1 October 1950, when it was incorporated by the state police.

Austria's entry into the EU on 1 January 1995 and on 28 April 1995 to the Schengen Treaty fundamentally changed the situation on the Bavarian-Austrian border.

These include: the Missing Persons Police Department (Polizeiinspektion Fahndung or PIF) with border police stations (GPS) and the Search and Inspection Force (Fahndungs- und Kontrolltrupp or FKT).