After finishing his studies in the gymnasia at Munich and Landshut, he studied first jurisprudence and then history at the University of Munich under Guido Görres, Ignaz von Döllinger and especially Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling, and received his degree in 1831 on presenting the dissertation "Ueber die Anfänge der griechischen Geschichte" [About the Beginnings of Greek History].
After completing his studies in the gymnasia at Munich and Landshut, he studied first law and then history at the University of Munich under Guido Görres, Ignaz von Döllinger, and especially Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling, and received his degree in 1831 on presenting the dissertation "On the Origins of Greek History".