Late Imperial, and Weimer Germany Questions

There are a few nagging questions about how people lived around this time that I've decided I should submit to everyone to see if I could get some answers. Hopefully this is the right place to make such a thread.

First I'm in need of a few detailed street maps, namely of Königsberg and surrounding areas circe 1912, Berlin around the same time and around 1925, and Munich during the 1920's, as well as a map of the rail system in Germany before and after the first world war.

How did things like the census and citizenship work? How was it made sure that everybody was counted, and that everybody's birth was registered at the proper time and place? What happened if a child's birth certificate was not filed or was lost, how was one to prove citizenship?

After the first world war, how did people move between East Prussia and the rest of Germany?

What was the political abilities of women in Weimar Germany? What offices could a woman run for legally, and what are/would-be the cultural attitudes towards women trying to run for office? I tried checking the constitution before asking, but it seemed a bit vague on this point, at least from what I saw. Both men and women were specifically stated to be able to vote as part of everyone, but everyone was stated to be able to run for office, without the explicit deceleration that this applied to both men and women.

Same basic question as the above, except for economic matters. Were there any woman-run businesses, and what were/would-have-been the cultural perceptions of such?

Is there any good resource on the Low and High Prussian dialects (preferably in English but German isn't so bad)? I would assume that there would be, but I haven't been able to find any.

Lastly, I'm in the process of reading The Wages of Destruction and I'm curious on people's opinions on the economic policies during the Weimar Republic. While hyperinflation did end and the currency stabilized, and the appearance of economic recovery was happening, along with payment of reparations. My question is, could it have been done better?

I'd be happy for either specific replies to any of these questions, or recommendations for resources that would answer these questions. I apologise again if this is the wrong forum for this thread.
 

-Local authorities were responsible for registering births. Pastors, Doctors & Midwifes would see to that everybody is registered.
-If registration was lost / forgotten it could be done by familiy members testifing to your birth.

-Women had the same political rights as men an were in theory egible to all offices. There were several female MPs and the KPD had a female leader for a time.

-German Civil Law never made a distinction between women and men (except for faimily matters). Women could and did own businesses for the entire 2nd Empire. It were social barriers that made it hard for them to run larger companies (look here for a woman who did: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margarete_Steiff).

-Women were blocked from many academic jobs (doctors, lawyers, professors) in the 2nd Empire but gained access in the Weimar Republic. As there were no anti-discrimination laws individual organisations/companies could still block women.
 
Yeah, I'm bumping this thread again with more questions. I'm lucky enough that even with the absolutely stellar response this thread got before, I managed to find answers to all my questions then anyway. Maybe I'll get lucky again. So anyway:


What did orphanages look like in Late Imperial Germany?

What was elementary school education like for females in late Imperial Germany?

And for that matter, what did education further on look like for women?
 
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