diff --git a/backend/src/main/java/org/raddatz/familienarchiv/document/DocumentController.java b/backend/src/main/java/org/raddatz/familienarchiv/document/DocumentController.java
index add2a9f4..990218b5 100644
--- a/backend/src/main/java/org/raddatz/familienarchiv/document/DocumentController.java
+++ b/backend/src/main/java/org/raddatz/familienarchiv/document/DocumentController.java
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package org.raddatz.familienarchiv.document;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.time.LocalDate;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ import org.raddatz.familienarchiv.filestorage.FileService;
 import org.raddatz.familienarchiv.user.UserService;
 import org.springframework.data.domain.Sort;
 import org.springframework.security.core.Authentication;
+import org.springframework.http.CacheControl;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpHeaders;
 import org.springframework.http.MediaType;
 import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;
@@ -388,6 +390,16 @@ public class DocumentController {
         return ResponseEntity.ok(documentService.searchDocuments(q, from, to, senderId, receiverId, tags, tagQ, status, sort, dir, operator, pageable));
     }
 
+    @GetMapping("/density")
+    public ResponseEntity<DocumentDensityResult> density(
+            @RequestParam(required = false) LocalDate from,
+            @RequestParam(required = false) LocalDate to) {
+        DocumentDensityResult result = documentService.getDensity(from, to);
+        return ResponseEntity.ok()
+                .cacheControl(CacheControl.maxAge(5, TimeUnit.MINUTES).cachePrivate())
+                .body(result);
+    }
+
     // --- TRAINING LABELS ---
 
     public record TrainingLabelRequest(String label, boolean enrolled) {}
diff --git a/backend/src/test/java/org/raddatz/familienarchiv/document/DocumentControllerTest.java b/backend/src/test/java/org/raddatz/familienarchiv/document/DocumentControllerTest.java
index ad07afb7..484d6259 100644
--- a/backend/src/test/java/org/raddatz/familienarchiv/document/DocumentControllerTest.java
+++ b/backend/src/test/java/org/raddatz/familienarchiv/document/DocumentControllerTest.java
@@ -1240,4 +1240,60 @@ class DocumentControllerTest {
                 .andExpect(jsonPath("$.errors[0].message").value(
                         org.hamcrest.Matchers.containsString("not found")));
     }
+
+    // ─── GET /api/documents/density ───────────────────────────────────────────
+
+    @Test
+    void density_returns401_whenUnauthenticated() throws Exception {
+        mockMvc.perform(get("/api/documents/density"))
+                .andExpect(status().isUnauthorized());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    @WithMockUser
+    void density_returns200_withResultBody_whenAuthenticated() throws Exception {
+        when(documentService.getDensity(any(), any())).thenReturn(
+                new DocumentDensityResult(
+                        List.of(new MonthBucket("1915-08", 2), new MonthBucket("1915-09", 1)),
+                        java.time.LocalDate.of(1915, 8, 3),
+                        java.time.LocalDate.of(1915, 9, 1)));
+
+        mockMvc.perform(get("/api/documents/density"))
+                .andExpect(status().isOk())
+                .andExpect(jsonPath("$.buckets").isArray())
+                .andExpect(jsonPath("$.buckets[0].month").value("1915-08"))
+                .andExpect(jsonPath("$.buckets[0].count").value(2))
+                .andExpect(jsonPath("$.minDate").value("1915-08-03"))
+                .andExpect(jsonPath("$.maxDate").value("1915-09-01"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    @WithMockUser
+    void density_emitsPrivateCacheControlHeader() throws Exception {
+        when(documentService.getDensity(any(), any())).thenReturn(
+                new DocumentDensityResult(List.of(), null, null));
+
+        mockMvc.perform(get("/api/documents/density"))
+                .andExpect(status().isOk())
+                .andExpect(header().string("Cache-Control",
+                        org.hamcrest.Matchers.containsString("max-age=300")))
+                .andExpect(header().string("Cache-Control",
+                        org.hamcrest.Matchers.containsString("private")));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    @WithMockUser
+    void density_passesFromAndToParametersToService() throws Exception {
+        when(documentService.getDensity(any(), any())).thenReturn(
+                new DocumentDensityResult(List.of(), null, null));
+
+        mockMvc.perform(get("/api/documents/density")
+                        .param("from", "1914-01-01")
+                        .param("to", "1918-12-31"))
+                .andExpect(status().isOk());
+
+        verify(documentService).getDensity(
+                java.time.LocalDate.of(1914, 1, 1),
+                java.time.LocalDate.of(1918, 12, 31));
+    }
 }