BoundariesAdministrative border files, 1790–1970
Full-resolution GeoJSON, shapefile components, and smaller files prepared for the web map.
Documentation
University of Bayreuth research project
Historical data for Baden-Württemberg
This site collects historical administrative boundaries and related research data prepared during work at the Chair of Quantitative Economic History. It currently contains boundary files for six reference years and one published demographic dataset.
Current contents
DemographyWürttemberg vital statistics, 1871–1946
A published parish-level database by Sebastian Till Braun, Richard Franke, and Timur Öztürk.
Dataset and citationRepositorySource files and processing scripts
The GitHub repository contains the data preparation scripts and intermediate research files.
View repositoryProject
The repository records work undertaken between 2019 and 2025 at the University of Bayreuth. It was partially funded by German Research Foundation project 471335227.
Some files are working research materials rather than published datasets. Each data page states what is available and where a formal citation exists.