Previous to that, from 1945 to 1950, the Landesliga Bayern existed as a tier-two league below the Oberliga Süd.

At the end of season, the two league champions played for the Bavarian title and Oberliga promotion.

The German word Landesliga can be pretty literally translated as State League.

Previous to that, the Bezirksligas were set below the Landesligas, with the slight fluctuations in the number of leagues.

[4] The Bavarian football federation decided on drastic changes to the league system from 2012 onwards.

Below those, five Landesligas instead of the existing three were set, which would be geographically divided to limit travel and increase the number of local derbies.