The MPIDR Population History GIS Collection supports demographic and socioeconomic research by filling gaps in the European GIS-data-infrastructure on historical national and regional administrative boundaries and historical place names (project information page)
The data provided on this page can be freely used for non-commercial scientific purposes, as long as you register as a user with the Mosaic project and the source of the data is properly cited. Citation information is available in the data files.
Vector-shapefiles of administrative boundaries:
Austria-Hungary
Austro-Hungarian Empire (1910):
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Germany
Federal Republic of Germany and German Democratic Republic (1949-1989):
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German Empire (1871-1945):
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German Empire Statistical Units (1871-1931):
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German Union (1815-1870):
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Albania
Albania (northern and central part, 1918):
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