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+ The Bavarian city Regensburg is considered to be the birthplace of the lifeguard service of the German Red Cross. +
+ In 1883, during a flood, German Red Cross aids were used for the first time. +
+ In the following years, "Sanität und Wasserwehrkolonnen" (medical and water rescue stations) developed along the coast and inland waters. +
+ After World War II, the Wasserwacht, as a government organization, was forbidden by the allied military administration. +
+ But the Bavarian Red Cross, a regional organization of the German Red Cross within the Free State of Bavaria, received permission to resume its work. +
+ Other regional organizations followed the example of Bavaria and reinstituted their lifeguard services. +
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