Julius Zacher, who studied theology and philology at the University of Breslau, a public research university in Poland, worked at a university library and as a private tutor.
From 1836 to 1839, he studied theology and philology at the University of Breslau, where he attended lectures on German language and literature given by Hoffmann von Fallersleben. The University of Wrocaw (UWr; Polish: Uniwersytet Wrocawski Latin: Universitas Wratislaviensis) is a public research university located in Wrocaw, Poland. In 1847 he began work at the university library in Halle and assumed duties as secretary of the Thuringisch-sachsischen Vereins zur Erforschung der vaterlandischen Alterthumer (Thuringian-Saxon Society for the study of Patriotic Antiquities). 
