After attending the Realschule in Wittstock, Grauert initially worked in his father's manufactured goods shop.

In 1872 he went to Münster where in 1873 he sat exams in Latin, Greek and history, in order to obtain a qualification equivalent to the Abitur, to enable him to attend university.

Grauert then extended his historical and legal knowledge at the universities of Berlin, Munich and Strasbourg .

In the Festschrift for the 25th anniversary of the Association, Hermann von Grauert 1906 is shown as an honorary member.

[1] This was associated with the collection in the personal nobility, and he was allowed after entry into the Matricula Knights of Grauert call.