Baden Census

The first census for Baden was taken in 1811 and repeated every year. These censuses were for statistical purposes showing that between 1811 and 1852 the population grew from 1 mill. to 1.3 mill. Since 1864 the censuses looked at individual households.

Read more about census taking in Germany at http://www.demogr.mpg.de/papers/working/wp-2009-023.pdf