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Zumholz

Canton of Fribourg · District: Singine · 397 inhabitants (2015, former municipality of Zumholz, last figure before the merger)
Part of the municipality of Plaffeien
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Origin of the name Zumholz

The name is already written «Zumholz» in the regulations of 1705. The area earlier formed the «Holzschrot», one of the four quarters of the parish of Rechthalten.[1][2]

Founding of Zumholz

Zumholz lies north of the Tütschbach and west of the Sense gorge, in scattered hamlets: Riedgarten, Halta, Schürhalta, Eggersmatt, Bühli, Sensematt, Hasenholz, Brand, Leimbach, Bodenacker and Zumholz-Dörfli. Since the Middle Ages it has belonged to the lordship of Plaffeien and, for church matters, to the parish of Rechthalten. The Burghers' Hospital of Fribourg held land rights here. With no church of its own, the village lives from farming and small wood and forestry trades. Zumholz is now part of the municipality of Plaffeien (merger of 1 January 2017).[1][2]

History of Zumholz

1339. During the Laupen War the village pays Rudolf and Johann von Weissenburg to stay neutral and avoid plundering.[1]

1445. Zumholz comes under the rule of Fribourg, in the Burg banner of the Old Territories.[2]

1705. First of the surviving alpine and municipal regulations, followed by those of 1733, 1812, 1838 and 1843.[1]

1798. Under the Helvetic Republic Zumholz is assigned to the district of Fribourg.[1][2]

1831. The quarters of the parish of Rechthalten become municipalities. Zumholz is joined to Brünisried by mistake, and its people would have preferred to remain part of it.[2]

1833. On 6 May the Council of State declares Zumholz an independent municipality (1832 by another dating).[1][2]

1848. After the German district (1831-1848), Zumholz joins the new Sense district.[1][2]

1885. The Catholics move from the parish of Rechthalten to that of Plaffeien.[1][2]

1998. The municipality joins the Guggersbach sewage plant. The Protestants move to the parish of Weissenstein/Rechthalten.[1][2]

2002. In December a consultative vote rejects a merger with Brünisried by a large majority.[2]

2015. On 8 March Zumholz accepts a five-way merger with 74.75 % yes, but it fails in Plasselb and Brünisried.[4]

2015. On 27 September voters approve the merger with Oberschrot and Plaffeien by 144 votes to 48.[4]

2017. On 1 January Zumholz becomes a village of the municipality of Plaffeien.[1][2]

Population of Zumholz

Sources and references: [1][3][4]

Population of Zumholz
1811187
1831301
1850247
1900230
1940303
1950268
1980240
2000459
2014405 (legal population on 31.12)
2015397 (31.12)

Historic sites in Zumholz

Sonnegg home. Home for people with disabilities, which also serves as a course centre.[3]

Remains in Zumholz

Kammerslehen earthwork. A fortified enclosure lies at Kammerslehen, on the edge of the Sense gorge. Its date could not be established.[1]

Sources

  1. Dictionnaire historique de la Suisse, « Zumholz » (Eveline Seewer Bourgeois, version du 08.05.2017)
  2. Commune de Plaffeien, « Die Geschichte von Zumholz »
  3. Commune de Plaffeien, « Die frühere Gemeinde Zumholz »
  4. Conseil d'État du canton de Fribourg, message 2015-DIAF-98 accompagnant le projet de loi relatif à la fusion des communes d'Oberschrot, de Plaffeien et de Zumholz (10.11.2015)

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