===Marriage and growing recognition===On 3 May 1851, Achenbach married Julie Arnz, to whom he had been engaged since 1848.
=== Prva večja potovanja ===Leta 1843 je tedaj komaj 16-letni Achenbach za več mesecev odpotoval v Zgornjo Bavarsko in Severno Tirolsko in med tem nadaljeval svoje študije narave.