Career
Puricelli founded and led several gas companies in Trier 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 1870-1871 resulted in the annexation of Alsace-Lorraine to Germany, Puricelli remained, together with eleven other companies, in Trier, for economic reasons.
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