This was frequented also by the young Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, who at this time happened to be in Strasbourg, and whose acquaintance Lenz made, as well as that of Johann Heinrich Jung-Stilling.
Lenz je tam stopil v stik s pisarjem Johannom Danielom Salzmannom, okoli katerega se je oblikoval intelektualni krog "Société de philosophie et de belles lettres" (slov.