He was the son of the teacher Franz Xaver Fraundorfer and his wife Franziska, née Bauer. Fraundorfer married on October 14, 1893 Helene Fraundorfer-Mühlthaler. They had one son.
Career
After his abitur in 1874 Frauendorfer studied Jurisprudence at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. After graduation, he joined the Royal Bavarian State Railways. Here he worked until August 1, 1899, most recently as General Council. Then Fraundorfer became an Oberregierungsrat in the Bavarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Transport Department. On August 1, 1900 he was promoted to Ministerialrat. Fraundorfer was awarded on October 21, 1901 the Knight's Cross of the Merit of the Bavarian Crown. This encumbered him in the German Aristocracy to personal nobility. After entry in the Matricula he therefore was allowed to be called Ritter von Frauendorfer. He officiated from January 1, 1904 until his retirement on February 12, 1912 as Minister of the newly established Ministry of Transport Affairs in Bavaria and was decisive involved in the electrification of the railways in Bavaria. For his merits Fraundorfer was meanwhile on 14 September 1908 raised by Prince Regent Luitpold to the hereditary peerage. Since 1905 he was also freeman of the townLandshut. 1916 Fraundorfer and Edgar Jaffé founded the European political and economic newspaper ; it was published by a brother of Jaffé in Berlin From November 8, 1918 to March 17, 1919 as well from 16 March to 1 April 1920, he was again Bavarian Minister of Transport Affairs in the state governments. This was followed by his appointment as Secretary of State and head of the Department Bayern in the Ministry of Transportation. Fraundorfer was a member of the Corps Makaria Munich 1874 and Teutonia Halle. He became engaged to Alma Wild, the daughter of his corp brother Albert Wild. She died before the marriage. Introduced by Wild in the Numismatics, Fraundorfer was chairman of the Bavarian Numismatic Society. When he was accused of forgery of numerous ancient coins, he took 1921 his life.
Literature
Staatsminister v. Frauendorfer. In: Zeitung des Vereins Deutscher Eisenbahnverwaltungen, 52. Jahrgang, Nr. 15, S. 243–246.
Exzellenz von Frauendorfer †. In: Zeitung des Vereins Deutscher Eisenbahnverwaltungen, 61. Jahrgang, Nr. 30, S. 575–576.
Max Spindler, Walter Schärl: Die Zusammensetzung der Bayerischen Beamtenschaft von 1806 bis 1918. Verlag Michael Lassleben. Kallmütz/Opf. 1955. S. 93.
