''SOKO München'' (until 2015: ''SOKO 5113'') is a German

police procedural The police show, or police crime drama, is a subgenre of procedural drama and detective fiction that emphasizes the investigative procedure of a police officer or department as the protagonist(s), as contrasted with other genres that focus on eithe ...

television series that first aired on 2 January 1978 on

ZDF ZDF (, short for Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen; ; "Second German Television") is a German public-service television broadcaster based in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate. It is run as an independent nonprofit institution, which was founded by all fe ...

. "SOKO" is an abbreviation of the German word ''Sonderkommission'', which means "special investigative team". Production of the show ended in 2020, after forty-two years.

Crossover

On 3 April 2013, five SOKO teams were brought together for a five-part special titled ''

SOKO – Der Prozess ''SOKO – Der Prozess'' is a German five-part crossover between five ZDF SOKO series, combining the special investigative teams from Munich, Cologne, Leipzig, Stuttgart, and Wismar. It was broadcast from 30 September 2013 to 4 October 2013, ...

''. In it, the teams from Munich,

Cologne Cologne ( ; german: Köln ; ksh, Kölle ) is the largest city of the German western state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and the fourth-most populous city of Germany with 1.1 million inhabitants in the city proper and 3.6 millio ...

Leipzig Leipzig ( , ; Upper Saxon: ) is the most populous city in the German state of Saxony. Leipzig's population of 605,407 inhabitants (1.1 million in the larger urban zone) as of 2021 places the city as Germany's eighth most populous, as ...

, Stuttgart, and

Wismar Wismar (; Low German: ''Wismer''), officially the Hanseatic City of Wismar (''Hansestadt Wismar'') is, with around 43,000 inhabitants, the sixth-largest city of the northeastern German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, and the fourth-largest city ...

have to solve the murder of a police officer. The five episodes were shown across Germany from 30 September to 4 October 2013.

Longest-serving cast

Wilfried Klaus Wilfried Klaus is a German television actor best known for playing Kriminalhauptkommissar Horst Schickl in the police procedural '' SOKO München'' from 1978 to 2008. Selected filmography * ''Lina Braake ''Lina Braake'' ( Brechtian subtitle: '' ...

as Chief Inspector Horst Schickl (381 episodes, 1978–2008) * Hartmut Schreier as Chief Inspector Manne Brand (278 episodes, 1992–2008) * Michel Guillaume as Chief Inspector Theo Renner (261 episodes, 1993–2008) *

Werner Kreindl Werner Kreindl (October 20, 1927 – June 6, 1992) was an Austrian television actor. He appeared in around 75 TV programmes between 1966 and his death in 1992. He was probably best known for his appearances in ''SOKO 5113'' from 1978 to 1992. ...

as Chief Inspector Karl Göttmann (126 episodes, 1978–1992) * Christine Döring as Chief Inspector Susanne von Hagenberg (118 episodes, 2000–2008) * Bernd Herzsprung as Chief Detective Fred Less (115 episodes, 1978–2008)

Spin-offs

The first spin-off of ''SOKO München'' was a twelve-part series named ''

Solo für Sudmann ''Solo für Sudmann'' (English title: ''Solo for Sudmann'') is a German crime drama television series that premiered on 23 January 1997 on ZDF. The show, which consists of one season in twelve episodes, is the first offshoot of ''SOKO München' ...

'', launched in 1997. This was followed by various SOKO series based in different cities in Germany and Austria: :*''

Leipzig Homicide ''Leipzig Homicide (SOKO Leipzig)'' is a German crime drama television series first broadcast on 31 January 2001 on ZDF. More than 400 episodes have been screened since. On 12 November 2008, the first of a two-part crossover between ''SOKO Leip ...

'' (''SOKO Leipzig'', since 2001) :*'' SOKO Kitzbühel'' (2001–2021) :*''

SOKO Köln ''SOKO Köln'' (English title: ''Cologne P.D.'') is a German police procedural television series that premiered on 22 October 2003 on ZDF. It is the fourth offshoot of '' SOKO München'', launched in 1978 under the name ''SOKO 5113''. "SOKO" is ...

'' (''SOKO Köln'', since 2003) :*''

SOKO Wismar ''SOKO Wismar'' is a German police procedural television series that premiered on 6 October 2004 on ZDF. It is the fifth offshoot of '' SOKO München'', launched in 1978 under the name ''SOKO 5113''. "SOKO" is an abbreviation of the German word ...

'' (since 2004) :*'' SOKO Donau'' (in Germany ''SOKO Wien''; since 2005) :*'' SOKO Rhein-Main'' (2006–2007; initially titled ''Die Spezialisten: Kripo Rhein-Main'') :*''

SOKO Stuttgart ''SOKO Stuttgart'' (English title: ''Stuttgart Homicide'') is a German police procedural television series that premiered on 12 November 2009 on ZDF. It is the eighth offshoot of '' SOKO München'', launched in 1978 under the name ''SOKO 5113'' ...

'' (since 2009) :*''

SOKO Potsdam ''SOKO Potsdam'' is a German police procedural television series that premiered on 24 September 2018 on ZDF. It is the tenth offshoot of ''SOKO München'', launched in 1978. "SOKO" is an abbreviation of the German word ''Sonderkommission'', whic ...

'' (since 2018) :*'' SOKO Hamburg'' (since 2018) :*'' SOKO Linz'' (since 2021)

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Crossover

Longest-serving cast

Spin-offs

See also

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