In 1871 he retired, and in 1881 was nominated a life member of the Upper Chamber (Herrenhaus).
From 1875 to 1883 he sat in the Upper Chamber of the Baden Diet.
The upper chamber is composed of all the princes of the reigning family who are of full age; the chiefs of the mediatized families; the archbishop of Freiburg; the president -of the Protestant Evangelical church; a deputy from each of the universities and from the technical high school, eight members elected by the territorial nobility for four years, three representatives of the chamber of commerce, two of that of agriculture, one of that of trades, two mayors of municipalities, one burgomaster of lesser towns, one member of a district council, and eight members (two of them legal functionaries) nominated by the grand-duke.
In the centre of the town is a picturesque half-timbered market cross (16x6), with an octagonal upper chamber raised on massive pillars of wood.
The flax is placed in the upper chamber and covered by two sets of rods or beams at right angles to each other.
