Colloquially called Nolli it was named in 1864 after the village of Nakléřov (today part of Petrovice, Czech Republic), a site of the 1813 Battle of Kulm.
He was conductor of the Nollendorfplatz Theater in Berlin from 1943 to 1945; in Hannover from 1945 to 1946; in Munchen from 1946 to 1947; and the General Music Director of the Württemberg State Opera house (German "Staatstheater Stuttgart") in Stuttgart from 1947 until 1969.