| Franz Rudolf Frisching | |
| Birth Name: | Franz Rudolf Frisching |
| Birth Date: | 1733 |
| Birth Place: | Bern, Switzerland |
| Death Place: | Hofstetten |
| Spouse: | Anne Madeleine van Back (1738–1763) Secondly Frisching married Armanda Gross (1743–1829) in 1764 (the marriage was divorced later) |
| Children: | First marriage: Johann Rudolf (1761–1838) Anna Adrienne Margarethe (1755–1800) Second marriage: Julia Armanda (1768–1807) |
| Parents: | Vinzenz Frisching (1689–1764), Master of Schlosswil |
Franz Rudolf Frisching (–) was a Swiss nobleman, military officer, politician and industrialist.
Frisching was the son of Vinzenz Frisching (1689–1764) who was Master of Schlosswil. In 1748, Franz Rudolf Frisching became a member of the Swiss Guards of the Netherlands where he achieved the rank of a colonel.[1]
In 1764, Frisching became a member of the Grand Council of Bern. In 1770 he became bailiff in the Vallemaggia, in 1780 bailiff in St. Johannsen and in 1793 office holder in Wimmis.[2] He was lieutenant colonel of the Bernese Jäger Corps.[3]
Frisching was the founder of the Frisching Faience Manufactory in Bern.[4] Between 1750 and 1777 the Frisching family was in the possession of the large Lorraine Gut, a former country estate which is now part of the city of Bern.[5] His ancestor, Samuel Frisching (II), built the Frisching-Haus, now known as the Béatrice-von-Wattenwyl-Haus on the Junkerngasse in Bern.