[4] After attending elementary school in Vaduz, Rheinberger studied at the Institut Gutenberg in Balzers, run by the Sisters of Christian Charity, from 1877 to 1881.

[1][2] She became interested in literature and history at a young age, and she was supported in her literary pursuits by her brother and by her cousin Ferdinand Nigg.

Jahrhundert ("Gutenberg-Schalun: A Story From the 14th Century"), studying local history, folklore, and the Middle High German language as part of her research for the book.

[2] Rheinberger never married, focusing on her literary pursuits, until her career was cut short by illness.

[2][5] After she contracted influenza-encephalitis,[5] her mental health declined in the late 1890s, and she was cared for first at home; then in a hospital run by her Aunt Maxentia, a member of the Sisters of Charity of Zams [de]; and then at the teaching hospital in Innsbruck.