Puricelli (family)
Puricelli is the name of a family of industrialists from Rheinböllen and Bad Kreuznach . The descendants of the Italian immigrant Giacomo Antonio Puricelli headed the Rheinböllerhütte ironworks from 1791 and had a great influence on the development of economic life in the eastern Hunsrück and the lower Nahe for decades . In addition to their involvement in the steel industry , the Puricellis also became wealthy as owners of gas works . Some members of the strictly Catholic family dedicated themselves to building and maintaining chapels and churches in the region and made important foundations such as the Puricelli Abbey .
The beginnings
Giacomo Antonio Puricelli (* 1719) immigrated to Germany from Lake Como in Italy around 1750 . His son Carl I. Wilhelm Anton Puricelli (1766–1805) married Johanna Magarethe (née Utsch, 1766–1860), the heiress of the Rheinböllerhütte ironworks , in 1791 , and took over management of the company. Her three sons Friedrich Ludwig (1792–1880), Carl II. Theodor (1794–1872) and Heinrich I. Puricelli (1797–1876) ran the Rheinböllerhütte together.
The heyday
The three brothers in turn had children who were also successful entrepreneurs or who became important donors. The son of Friedrich Ludwig, Hermann Puricelli (1822-1897), took over the management of the Rheinböllerhütte. The son of Carl II. Theodor, Carl III. Wilhelm Puricelli (1824–1911) was the owner of several gas works. Heinrich I had three children: his son Eduard Puricelli (1826-1893), who also owned a gas works and was elected a member of the Reichstag of the North German Confederation , and his daughters Franziska (1830-1896) and Eugénie Puricelli (1840-1862) ). After the early death of Eugénie at the age of only 21, the Puricelli Abbey was founded in Rheinböllen by the family from her estate and in her memory .
Real estate and foundations
The most famous building that goes back to the Puricelli family is the Puricelli monastery in Rheinböllen, for which an orphanage was built from 1862 onwards . A hospital and a chapel were added in 1887 and 1888 . The main donors Eugénie and Franziska Puricelli can still be seen today above the main portal of the chapel, together with Our Lady and the baby Jesus. Today the Puricelli Abbey houses an integration aid facility for adults aged 40 and over with a mental or psychological illness.
Founded by the Puricelli family and named after Franziska Puricelli, the St. Franziska Stift in Bad Kreuznach, founded in 1909/1910, was originally a women's hospital. Today it is a specialist clinic for psychosomatic diseases.
In 1881, Carl III. Wilhelm and Franziska Puricelli for their son Heinrich II. Puricelli (* 1852) the Bangert manor in Bad Kreuznach, which was extensively redesigned and has since been called Puricelli Castle. A two-storey wing structure was built on the property and an English landscape garden with ponds and exotic trees was created. Heinrich II made a prestigious model estate out of the manor .
In addition, the Palais Puricelli from 1789 in Bingen am Rhein , the Villa Plettenberg-Puricelli from 1877 in Bretzenheim and the Puricelli house from 1905 in Düsseldorf bear the family's name. The Puricelli secondary school in Rheinböllen is also named after the industrialist family. There is also a Carl-Puricelli-Platz and a Kirsch-Puricelli-Platz in Bingen, and streets in Bad Kreuznach and Rheinböllen are named after Franziska Puricelli.
Other important family members
- Clara Kirsch-Puricelli (née Countess von Matuschka-Greiffenclau zu Vollrads , 1902–1993), married to Paul Kirsch-Puricelli, last name bearer in Germany
- Elisabeth Susanne Puricelli (born Piecq, 1833–1898), married to Hermann Puricelli since 1855
- Elisabeth Countess of Plettenberg (born Puricelli, 1892–1995), daughter of Paul Puricelli
- Eugenia Puricelli (born Traschier, 1807–1873), married to Heinrich I. Puricelli
- Hyacinthe Gertrud Puricelli (born Reckling, 1832–1899), married to Eduard Puricelli
- Maria Helena Henrietta Brigitta Puricelli (1855–1936), daughter of Eduard Puricelli, married to Clemens Freiherr von Schorlemer-Lieser since 1880
- Nikolaus Kirsch-Puricelli (1866–1936), baron, German industrialist, married to Olga Kirsch-Puricelli (née Puricelli), both owners of Reichenstein Castle (Middle Rhine)
- Olga Kirsch-Puricelli (1857–1935), daughter of Hermann and Elisabeth Susanne Puricelli, married to Nikolaus Kirsch-Puricelli
- Paul Puricelli (1862–1893), German industrialist (Rheinböllerhütte), son of Hermann and Elisabeth Susanne Puricelli, married to the art collector Elodie Puricelli (1869–1948), daughter of the Koblenz banker Clemens
- Paul Kirsch-Puricelli (1896–1974), son of Olga and Nikolaus Kirsch-Puricelli, married to Clara Kirsch-Puricelli (née Countess von Matuschka-Greiffenclau zu Vollrads)
literature
- Klaus Freckmann (ed.): The Puricelli family of entrepreneurs , Cologne 1997, series of publications by the Sobernheim Open-Air Museum, Volume 16, pp. 48–65, ISBN 3-7927-1644-5
Web links
- The Puricelli on the Puricelli Pen's website
- Information about the Puricelli family at Rheinboellen.info
- more information about the Puricelli family