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 .

Zumholz had an area, in 2009, of 1.88 km2 (0.73 sq mi). Of this area, 1.36 km2 (0.53 sq mi) or 72.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.34 km2 (0.13 sq mi) or 18.0% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.15 km2 (37 acres) or 7.9% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.06 km2 (15 acres) or 3.2% is either rivers or lakes.