  In this paper the image of the Saito-Kurokawa lift of level $N$ with
Dirichlet character is studied. We give a new characterization of this so
called Maass Spezialschar of level $N$ by symmetries involving Hecke operators
related to $\Gamma_0(N)$. We finally obtain for all prime numbers $p$ local
Maass relations. This generalizes known results for level $N=1$.
