He became a Referendar in September 1843, and after some months of travel in France, Switzerland and Italy he went to Potsdam as a civil servant 13 May 1844.
U rujnu 1843. postao je referndar i nakon nekoliko mjeseci počeo je putovati po Francuskoj, Italiji, i Švicarskoj te 13. svibnja 1844. otišao u Potsdam u civilnu službu.