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General regulations concerning diving with breathing apparatus:
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General regulations
The following list shows the lakes where diving is prohibited and those where limited permission has been issued for diving with breathing apparatus in accordance with article 21 I and article 22 of the Bavarian Water Law, usually referred to as the General Regulations.
Please contact the relevant district authority or the 
Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Umwelt und Gesundheit, if you have any further questions, in particular concerning the content of the General Regulations.
District authority
Starnberger See
General regulations: yes
District authority:
Landratsamt Starnberg
tel (0 81 51) 1 48-0
Ammersee
General regulations: yes
District authority:
Landratsamt Landsberg am Lech
tel (0 81 91) 1 29-0
Tegernsee
General regulations: yes
District authority:
Landratsamt Miesbach
tel (0 80 25) 7 04-0
Schliersee
General regulations: yes
District authority:
Landratsamt Miesbach
tel (0 80 25) 7 04-0
Chiemsee
General regulations: no*
District authority:
Landratsamt Traunstein
tel (08 61) 58-0
Waginger See
General regulations: no*
District authority:
Landratsamt Traunstein
tel (08 61) 58-0
Leitgeringer See
General regulations: no*
District authority:
Landratsamt Traunstein
tel (08 61) 58-0
Staffelsee
General regulations: no*
zuständiges Landratsamt:
Landratsamt Garmisch-Partenkirchen
tel (0 82 21) 7 51-1
Kochelsee
General regulations: yes
District authority:
Landratsamt Bad Tölz / Wolfratshausen
tel (0 80 41) 5 05-0
Königssee
diving permitted
District authority:
Landratsamt Berchtesgadener Land
tel (0 86 51) 7 73-0
Großer Alpsee bei Immenstadt
diving permitted
District authority:
Landratsamt Oberallgäu / Sonthofen
tel (0 83 21) 6 12-0
Kleiner Alpsee
diving permitted
District authority:
Landratsamt Ostallgäu / Marktoberdorf
tel (0 83 42) 9 11-0
Schwansee
diving permitted
District authority:
Landratsamt Ostallgäu / Marktoberdorf
tel (0 83 42) 9 11-0
Bodensee (bayerischer Teil)
General regulations: yes
District authority:
Landratsamt Lindau
tel (0 83 82) 2 70-0
For the lakes marked * no General Regulations will be passed by the district authorities. If you require permission for diving, please contact the district authority concerned.
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