Eduard Puricelli (1826–1893) was a German

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and

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for

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Career

Puricelli founded and led several gas companies in

Trier Trier ( , ; lb, Tréier ), formerly known in English as Trèves ( ;) and Triers (see also names in other languages), is a city on the banks of the Moselle in Germany. It lies in a valley between low vine-covered hills of red sandstone in the ...

and in the Rheinböller hut. Puricelli ran several times as a representative of Catholic and conservative parties to Members mandates and belonged to the constituent Reichstag of the North German Confederation. After the Franco-German War of war 1870–71 resulted in the annexation of Alsace-Lorraine to Germany, Puricelli remained, together with eleven other companies, in Trier, for economic reasons. Puricelli and his brother were very active in various industrial companies: forest products, blast furnaces, metals marketing, development of gas industries for city lights, and metal industries.

Personal life

Puricelli's father was Heinrich Puricelli and his mother was Eugenie Traschler. His father was also known as one of the '' Brothers Puricelli''. Eduard Puricelli married Hyazinthe Recking (1832–1899) in February 1854 at Sankt Kastor Katholisch. One of their children, Maria Purcelli (1853–1936), married Clemens Freiherr von Schorlemer-Lieser (1856–1922).

Eduard Puricelli built a castle-like villa,

Schloss Lieser Schloss Lieser (Castle of Lieser) in the Mosel valley nearby Bernkastel-Kues is one of the most striking buildings within the village of Lieser, Germany. The building currently houses a 49-room Autograph Hotel, called Schloss Lieser, Autograp ...

, in Lieser,

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, where he cultivated large fields of wine grapes.

References

External Info

www.schloss-lieser.euwww.lieser-mosel.dewww.helenenberg.de
{{DEFAULTSORT:Puricelli, Eduard 1826 births 1893 deaths German industrialists German politicians Free Conservative Party politicians German steel industry businesspeople 19th-century German businesspeople