Welcome

This datahub contains a range of datasets and GIS shapefiles pertaining to the economic and social history of Central and Eastern Europe. For a more detailed explanation, please see the About section.

Recent additions (23 October 2025)

A shapefile of civil districts (Bezirkhauptmannschaften) of Czech lands as of 1869 (courtesy of Kamil Kuča)
Data on the welfare ratios of masons and day labourers in Serbia and in Belgrade, 1863-1910 (courtesy of Stefan Nikolić)
A dataset on occupational structure in Cisleithania in 1900
A dataset on occupational structure in Cisleithania in 1880
Updated dataset on occupational structure in Cisleithania in 1890
Aggregate production series for the whole monarchy for 1830-1913 (from John Komlos' monograph)
A dataset of results for the Reichsrat elections in 1911 (courtesy of Michael Pammer)

Many thanks to all the contributors!

Who is behind this website?

Tomáš Cvrček

Associate Professor of Economics

UCL SSEES, London

Curator and editor of this curious website; the person to contact

Lin Zhongyang

UCL student

Research assistant &

data care specialist

Rosie Adams

UCL student

Research assistant &

data care specialist

Many thanks also to previous collaborators: Jerry Qi, Ziqi Lan, Ludovica, Ardente, Anna Gorbatyuk, Johann Ohler, Kim Kalabin, Rurong Mo and Yangyang Zhao.