Her uncle was the Bishop of Strasbourg.
Andreas Räss, Bishop of Strasbourg, purchased the buildings in 1853 for his diocese.
Charles Ruch, Bishop of Strasbourg was expelled after the German annexation and could only return in 1945.
After the extinction of the family, it passed to the Bishop of Strasbourg.
In 1842 he became Bishop of Strasbourg.
Lichtenau developed from a water castle that the Bishop of Strasbourg had built in the years 1293 to 1296, complete with defensive wall, ditch and parapet.
He was elected Bishop of Strasbourg in 1273.
As the Bishop of Strasbourg said, the Brethren 'say they are God by nature, without any distinction.
Christian had intended to become Bishop of Strasbourg; however this did not happen.
He saw this reconciliation that he had worked so hard to achieve, as he confided to the Bishop of Strasbourg, as an absolute miracle.