diff --git a/frontend/src/routes/zeitstrahl/+page.svelte b/frontend/src/routes/zeitstrahl/+page.svelte
index 73ecb287..7126a5ba 100644
--- a/frontend/src/routes/zeitstrahl/+page.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/routes/zeitstrahl/+page.svelte
@@ -8,14 +8,11 @@ import type { PageData } from './$types';
 
 let { data }: { data: PageData } = $props();
 
-const meta = $derived(timelineMeta(data.timeline));
 const hasContent = $derived(data.timeline.years.length > 0 || data.timeline.undated.length > 0);
 
 // Layer-filter state (#780). Layer hiding is client-side only — the whole
 // timeline is loaded once by #779's SSR load and we derive a filtered view of
-// it here; there is no goto, no URL param, and no extra fetch. Known limitation
-// (D1): the meta-line counts above stay on the unfiltered timeline, so they
-// include entries the active toggles hide.
+// it here; there is no goto, no URL param, and no extra fetch.
 let personalOn = $state(true);
 let historicalOn = $state(true);
 let lettersOn = $state(true);
@@ -27,6 +24,11 @@ const filteredEmpty = $derived(
 	filteredTimeline.years.length === 0 && filteredTimeline.undated.length === 0
 );
 
+// Meta-line figures track the *filtered* view, so the header counts always
+// match what is actually on screen once layers are toggled off (#780 — this
+// closes the prior D1 limitation, where the counts stayed on the full timeline).
+const meta = $derived(timelineMeta(filteredTimeline));
+
 function resetFilters() {
 	personalOn = true;
 	historicalOn = true;
diff --git a/frontend/src/routes/zeitstrahl/page.svelte.spec.ts b/frontend/src/routes/zeitstrahl/page.svelte.spec.ts
index d3c03ce3..3266c171 100644
--- a/frontend/src/routes/zeitstrahl/page.svelte.spec.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/routes/zeitstrahl/page.svelte.spec.ts
@@ -196,4 +196,20 @@ describe('/zeitstrahl layer filter (#780)', () => {
 		await page.getByTestId('timeline-filter-empty-reset').click();
 		await expect.element(page.getByText('Brief Eins')).toBeVisible();
 	});
+
+	it('recomputes the meta-line counts from the filtered view, so a hidden layer drops out of the totals (#780, resolves D1)', async () => {
+		render(Page, { data: pageData(mixed()) });
+		const meta = page.getByTestId('timeline-meta');
+		// all layers on → the one letter and the two events are counted
+		await expect.element(meta).toHaveTextContent(m.timeline_letters_count_singular());
+		await expect.element(meta).toHaveTextContent(m.timeline_events_count({ count: 2 }));
+
+		await openBar();
+		await page.getByTestId('timeline-filter-letters').click();
+
+		// the hidden letter leaves the count instead of lingering as "1 Brief";
+		// the event total is untouched
+		await expect.element(meta).not.toHaveTextContent(m.timeline_letters_count_singular());
+		await expect.element(meta).toHaveTextContent(m.timeline_events_count({ count: 2 }));
+	});
 });