Career

Puricelli founded and led several gas campanies in Trier

Trier

Trier, historically called in English Treves is a city in Germany on the banks of the Moselle. It is the oldest city in Germany, founded in or before 16 BC....

 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

Reichstag (German Empire)

The Reichstag was the parliament of the North German Confederation , and of the German Reich ....

 of the North German Confederation

North German Confederation

The North German Confederation 1866–71, was a federation of 22 independent states of northern Germany. It was formed by a constitution accepted by the member states in 1867 and controlled military and foreign policy. It included the new Reichstag, a parliament elected by universal manhood...

. After the Franco-German War of war 1870–71 resulted in the annexation of Alsace-Lorraine

Alsace-Lorraine

The Imperial Territory of Alsace-Lorraine was a territory created by the German Empire in 1871 after it annexed most of Alsace and the Moselle region of Lorraine following its victory in the Franco-Prussian War. The Alsatian part lay in the Rhine Valley on the west bank of the Rhine River and east...

 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-Alst (1856–1922).

Eduard Puricelli built a castle-like villa, Schloss Lieser

Schloss Lieser

Schloss Lieser in the Mosel valley nearby Bernkastel-Kues is one of the most striking buildings within the village of Lieser.-Historical background:The castle was created on the site of a 1710-built church property....

, in Lieser, Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

, where he cultivated large fields of wine grapes.

External Info

1. http://www.schloss-lieser.eu

2. http://www.lieser-mosel.de

3. http://www.helenenberg.de