The league, commonly referred to as the Landesliga Mitte, is the second-highest football league in the state of Bavaria (German: Bayern) and the Bavarian football league system.
Since the formation of the league in 1963, it has served as the tier below the Bayernliga, together with the northern and the southern division of the Landesliga.
Originally a tier-four league, it was demoted to tier-five status in 1994, when the Regionalligas were introduced.
Originally, the Bezirksligas were the feeder leagues to the Landesliga Süd, of which there were, for the most part, six, two each in Middle Franconia, Upper Palatinate and Lower Bavaria.
From 1988, Bezirksoberligas served as feeder leagues instead, having been established as a new tier between the Landesligas and the Bezirksligas.