The Mayor of Lanškroun in 1861-1891. He founded the municipal savings bank and was instrumental in building the tobacco factory, constructing the Lanškroun-Rudoltice railway branch line and founding the Grammar School.
He was a member of the District Council, later on the deputy District Mayor and the town chronicler. In 1875-1881 he was elected a deputy of the Provincial Assembly in Prague for German Liberals.
Niederle was a holder of the Golden Cross of Merit for his merit during the war in 1866.