Population by Religious Affiliation within the Territory of the Current North Rhine-Westphalia, 1870 to 1970

The data at hand is a follow-up study of the study ZA8682 on population structure and population movement (i.e.: age-structure, gender, family status, amount of birth, amount of death). The present study (ZA8683) deals with the religious affiliation of North Rhine-Westphalia´s population. The statistics are reported for the entire territory of North Rhine-Westphalia (=NRW), for NRW´s counties and their urban districts, independent towns (county boroughs) and rural districts for a period of about 120 years. The present study (ZA8683) deals with the religious affiliation of North Rhine-Westphalia´s population. Caused by the extensive changes of territories during the investigated period of 120 years the annotations are particularly important. Remarks of changing borders are of considerable extent and therefore are available via the downloadable PDF-Document, offered in the online-database histat (https://histat.gesis.org/histat/). The data are offered in the online-database histat under the topic ‚Population‘ (Bevölkerung). The data are subcategorized by the following counties with their urban districts, independent towns, and rural districts: 01. Regierungsbezirk (= government district) Aachen 02. Regierungsbezirk (= government district) Arnsberg 03. Regierungsbezirk (= government district) Duesseldorf 04. Regierungsbezirk (= government district) Cologne 05. Regierungsbezirk (= government district) Minden and Detmold respectively 06. Regierungsbezirk (= government district) Muenster 07. Entire territory or North Rhine-Westphalia in general To the following issues data are available for each governmental district and its subdivision: - Fläche des jeweiligen Kreises (territory of the respective county, district, or town) - Einwohner insgesamt (population of the respective county, district, or town) - Angehörige der evangelischen Kirche, absolut und als Anteil der Einwohner insgesamt (Members of the Protestant Church, absolutely and as a proportion of the total population) - Angehörige der katholischen Kirche, absolut und als Anteil der Einwohner insgesamt (Members of the Catholic Church, absolutely and as a proportion of the total population) - Angehörige der jüdischen Religionsgemeinschaft, absolut und als Anteil der Einwohner insgesamt (Members of the Jewish religious community, absolutely and as a proportion of the total population) - Angehörige der übrigen Religionsgemeinschaften, absolut und als Anteil der Einwohner insgesamt (Members of the other, remaining religious community, absolutely and as a proportion of the total population) These data have been collected at the following dates of censuses: - 1.12.1871 (at the territorial boundaries of 1873/78) - 1.12.1890 (at the territorial boundaries of 1890) - 1.12.1990 (at the territorial boundaries of 1910/12) - 16.6.1933 (at the territorial boundaries of 1.1.1934) - 13.9.1950 (at the territorial boundaries of 1950) - 27.5.1970 (at the territorial boundaries of 1970)