Career
He learnt philosophy and law in Wien. Shortly after finishing the university he began his literature career. Later he moved to Stuttgart, then in 1851 to Majna-Frankfurt.
From 1854 to 1859 he lived in Weimar.
From 1849 he worked from Nürnberg. Here he served as the editor of Nürnberger Kurir.
In 1861 he moved to Wien where he became the secretary of the royal and in 1876 the city theatre. From 1882 to 1885 he edited Heimat.