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| Coast Guard Lake Constance | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Detective Series |
| Country of origin | Germany |
| Original language | German |
| No. of seasons | 7 |
| No. of episodes | 91 |
| Production | |
| Producers | Kerstin Lipownik, Sven Sund Martina Zöllner (SWR) (till 2 Season), Barbara Biermann (SWR) (from 3 Season), Michael Schmidl (SWR), Simon Riedl (SWR) |
| Running time | 50 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Release | 17 January 2017 – present |
Coast Guard Lake Constanceis a German television series that has been broadcast on on Das Erste / ARD since 17 January 2017.
Synopsis
[edit]The series centres on the Coast Guard team stationed at Lake Constance in Konstanz and their new boss, Inspector Nele Fehrenbach, who has returned from Hamburg to take charge of the Coast Guard team. At first, she is not welcome because her colleague Andreas Rambach had expected to become the new boss himself.
Fehrenbach has left Hamburg because of her husband cheating on her with her best friend. The detective subsequently files for divorce and returnes to her parents' home in Konstanz with her two children, Johanna and Niklas.
Cast
[edit]Active
[edit]| Role | Cast | Episodes | Seasons | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nele Fehrenbach | Floriane Daniel | 1– | 1– | 2017– |
| Julia Demmler | Wendy Güntensperger | 1– | 1– | 2017– |
| Mechthild Fehrenbach | Diana Körner | 1– | 1– | 2017– |
| Paul Schott | Tim Wilde | 13– | 1– | 2018– |
| Jakob Frings | Max König | 25– | 2– | 2020– |
In the past
[edit]| Role | Cast | Episodes | Seasons | Years | Reasons for leaving |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andreas Rambach | Ole Puppe | 1–13 | 1 | 2017–2018 | transferred to Friedrichshafen |
| Johanna Fehrenbach | Sofie Eifertinger | 1–17 | 1–2 | 2017–2019 | goes to New Zealand for a year, where she decides to stay |
| Adrian Aubry | Martin Rapold | 1–19 | 1–2 | 2017–2019 | takes a personal break and does not return |
| Pirmin Spitznagel | Simon Werdelis | 1–24 | 1–2 | 2017–2019 | transfers to the criminal investigation department |
| Niklas Fehrenbach | Noah Calvin | 1–84 | 1–6 | 2017–2024 | goes away to travel with his girlfriend Bea |
Background
[edit]The series is produced by Saxonia Media Filmproduktion on behalf of ARD and filmed in Konstanz and Radolfzell on Lake Constance. The first season, consisting of 16 episodes, was filmed from 12 July to 7 October 2016 and from 6 July 2017 to 8 September 2017. The series premiered on 17 January 2017. [1]To be as realistic as possible, all the main actors obtained a Lake Constance boat licence. [2] [3]A second season, also with 16 episodes, was produced between 8 July and 28 September 2018 and between 25 April 2019 and 22 July 2019. [4] A third season with eight additional episodes was filmed between 8 July 2019 and 7 November 2019. A fourth season with 16 new episodes was produced from 17 June to 7 December 2020. [5]A fifth season with 12 additional episodes (57 to 68) was filmed between 9 June 2021 and 21 October 2021, and a sixth Season with 16 new episodes was filmed between 4 May 2022 and 8 November 2022, with the fifth season airing from 6 September 2022 on Das Erste and ending on 20 November 2022.[6] A seventh season with 16 episodes (85 to 100) was filmed from 10 May 2023 to 7 November 2023. It is scheduled to air from 15 October 2024. [7] An eighth season with 12 episodes (101 to 112) was filmed from 18 June 2024 to 30 October 2024, with no broadcast date announced yet. A ninth season with 12 episodes (113 to 124) has been filming since 17 June 2025 and is scheduled to continue until 29 October 2025. A broadcast date for the 9th Season has not yet been announced.
he series was produced in many locations around the lake. However, for logistical reasons, around 50% of the filming took place in Radolfzell on Lake Constance. Filming locations there included the clubhouse of the Wäschbruck water sports club (water police station), Villa Wolf on the Mettnau peninsula (home of the long-established Fehrenbach family from Konstanz) and the Friedrich Hecker Gymnasium (Franz Weber School). Other locations included the customs house in Bodman-Ludwigshafen (Swiss shipping police) and the former Siemens site in Petershausen (hospital).
There are several notable errors in the assignment of ranks and titles to insignia and shoulder straps. For example, Captain Aubry wears the rank insignia of a sergeant or adjutant (four or five chevrons) in various episodes of the series. However, the correct insignia for a captain would be three narrow braids (stripes). Jakob Frings, on the other hand, is introduced as a police sergeant, although he wears the shoulder pieces of a police chief inspector (three narrow stripes instead of four). Unlike Schott, Fehrenbach also wears a non-existent rank insignia (two wide stripes with three narrow stripes in between).
Spin-Offs
[edit]A WaPo Berlin was announced in spring 2019. The first season, consisting of eight episodes, was filmed from May to August 2019 and aired in 2020. The second season, with another eight episodes, followed in 2021.
Filming for another spin-off began on 8 June 2021. WaPo Duisburg is produced by WDR and was first broadcast in 2022. [8]
The third spin-off, WaPo Elbe, has been broadcast on Das Erste since 14 February 2023. It is set on the Elbe between Dresden and the German-Czech border. The location is next to the Pirna Elbe bridge. Filming for the eight-episode first season took place from April to July 2022.[9] ==References== {{Reflist}} [[Category:Crime television series]] [[Category:2020s television series]] [[Category:2010s television series]]
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- ^ Schilling, Silvia (27 July 2017). "Zweite Staffel der Krimiserie WaPo Bodensee wird in Konstanz gedreht". Südkurier.
- ^ ""WaPo Bodensee": Drehstart für neue Folgen". Bavaria Film. 11 July 2017.
- ^ "WaPo-Bodensee: Drehstart für acht neue Folgen". Das Erste. 25 July 2018.
- ^ Riedmeier, Glenn (24 August 2021). ""WaPo Bodensee": Starttermin für neue Folgen verkündet". Fernsehserien.de.
- ^ "WaPo Bodensee: Hauptdarsteller steigt aus | Staffel 6 startet bald mit neuen Gesichtern". TV Movie. 4 March 2024.
- ^ "Crew der "WaPo Bodensee" kämpft mit Mückenplage". Süddeutsche Zeitung. 10 July 2024.
- ^ "Leinen los für die "WaPo Duisburg"". Das Erste. 20 June 2021.
- ^ "WaPo Elbe – Drehorte in Pirna und der Sächsischen Schweiz". anderswohin.de. 22 May 2022.