Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research Konrad-Zuse-Str. 1, 18057 Rostock - Germany +49 381 2081-190 (secretary’s office) http://www.censusmosaic.org MOSAIC WORKING PAPER WP2012-001 SEPTEMBER 2012 German census-taking before 1871 Rolf Gehrmann This working paper has been approved for release by: Mikolaj Szoltysek (
[email protected]), Deputy Head of the Laboratory of Historical Demography. © Copyright is held by the authors. mosaic working papers receive only limited review. Views or opinions expressed in working papers are attributable to the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the Institute. Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research Laboratory of Historical Demography Working Paper German Census-Taking Before 1871 Rolf Gehrmann Contents Preliminary remarks ............................................................................................3 Introduction ........................................................................................................4 1. Old administration statistics ............................................................................5 2. Administration statistics in the Napoleonic era...............................................7 3. Restoration, continuity, and new impulses......................................................8 4. The breakthrough of modern census methods ..............................................12 5. Epilog ...........................................................................................................14 Conclusions .....................................................................................................15