 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Gore ra1871 rakaratidza kuguma kwokutonga kweFrance uye kutanga kwokutonga kweGermany paAlsace, iyo kusvikira muna 1681 yakanga yakabatanidzwa neGermany kupfurikidza noUmambo Hutsvene hweRoma. Pashure pokurasikirwa neHondo yeFrance nePrussian, France yaifanira kubvisa madhipatimendi eBas-Rhin, Haut-Rhin, neMoselle nharaunda inozivikanwawo seAlsace-Lorraine, kana kuti Elsass-Lothringen muchiGerman kuUmambo hweGermany hwakanga huchangobva kusikwa. Zvino pasi pokutarisirwa kutsva uye arasikirwa nechinangwa chake chokugara, Palais Rohan yaifanira kupiwa basa idzva. Pakati pa1872 na1884, kusvikira kuvhurwa kwePalais universitaire, yakashandiswa ne Kaiser-Wilhelms-Universität ichangobva kuumbwa, iyo Imperial German vhezheni yeYunivhesiti yeStrasbourg, sechigaro chehunyanzvi hwemutemo, huzivi, uye sainzi. Imba yacho yakazoshanda seyunivhesiti raibhurari kusvikira kuvhurwa National uye University Library muna 1895. Pashure peizvi, muzinda uyu wakazovazve pfuma yeguta uye wakagadziridzwa kuti ugamuchire zviunganidzwa zvemabasa emunharaunda zvaivakwazve nemutungamiriri Wilhelm von Bode mushure mekuparadzwa kwavo zvachose panguva yeKukombwa kweStrasbourgona pasi apa, Musée des beaux-arts. Chikamu chokutanga cheKunstmuseum der Stadt Strassburg, chakagadzwa muna 1898, chakavhurwa muna 1899. 