Police say a local woman found the body of one baby on Thursday afternoon at the apartment in Wallenfels, near the Czech border, and called the police emergency number. Police then found several more bodies in a room at the apartment, AP reported.
The dpa news agency earlier reported that a doctor had found the dead babies.
Authorities so far have been unable to find the property's former resident, a 45-year-old woman, but are questioning several other people, police said.