Zumholz

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Zumholz

Total population

397

Coordinates46.75°, 7.29°

Demographic figures from Swiss Federal Statistical Office. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Zumholz is a former municipality in the district of Sense in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. It is one of the municipalities with a large majority of German speakers in the mostly French speaking Canton of Fribourg. On 1 January 2017 the former municipalities of Zumholz and Oberschrot merged into the municipality of Plaffeien.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

J

Jo Vonlanthen

Swiss racing driver

S

Sibylle Matter

Swiss triathlete

Matthias Aebischer

Swiss journalist and politician

Max Aebischer

Swiss politician (1914-2009)

Ulrich Dürrenmatt

Swiss journalist and politician (1849-1908)

Beat Vonlanthen

Swiss politician

Hugo Fasel

Swiss politician

E

Edy Andrey

Swiss badminton player

E

Emil Hostettler

Swiss architect (1887-1971)

I

Irene Beyeler

Olympic rifle shooter

R

Robert Kohli

Swiss diplomat (1896-1977)

Gertrud Lutz-Fankhauser

Swiss humanitarian activist (1911–1995)

G

Gustav Adolf Glinz

(1877-1933)

H

Hans Gilgen

cyclist (1906-1980)

H

Hans Mischler

Swiss politician (1911-1988)

Urs Kolly

Swiss Paralympic athlete

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

White-throated Dipper

Cinclus cinclus

Seen 2026-09-17

Red Kite

Milvus milvus

Seen 2026-09-17

Coptodisca lucifluella

Coptodisca lucifluella

Seen 2026-09-17

Feral Pigeon

Columba livia domestica

Seen 2026-09-16

Yellow-legged Mud-dauber Wasp

Sceliphron caementarium

Seen 2026-09-16

Asian Mud-dauber Wasp

Sceliphron curvatum

Seen 2026-09-16

European Hornet

Vespa crabro

Seen 2026-09-16

Aceria lycopersici

Aceria lycopersici

Seen 2026-09-14

Peony Rust

Cronartium flaccidum

Seen 2026-09-14

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers