Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Schänis inotanga kutaurwa muna 972 se "Schennines". Kusvikira muna 1798 raiva guta guru reHerrschaft yeGaster uye kusvikira muna 1831 raiva guta guru reDunhu. MuHondo yeChipiri yeKubatana, chikamu cheFrance Revolutionary Hondo, yaive nzvimbo yehondo dzinoverengeka pakati pemasimba eHabsburg neFrench Revolutionary Army: kunyanya, yekutanga uye yechipiri French Revolutionary War.
hondo yechipiri yeZurich neHondo yeWinterthur dzakarwiwa imomo, kana kuti pedyo. Yaionekwa sorutivi rwenyika yaidiwa kuti igadziriswe kana mauto eCoalition aizochengetedza maCanton eSwitzerland. Mangwanani e25 Gunyana, pamberi peHondo yechipiri yeZurich, Friedrich Freiherr von Hotze nemukuru wevashandi vake vakaurayiwa ipapo vachiita rwendo rwekutsvaga pedyo nemusha weSchänis, parwizi rweLinth neboka revasori veFrance kubva ku25th Demi-brigade. Pakutanga, Hotze akaendeswa kubva kunhandare yehondo kuenda kuchechi muSchänis, kwaakavigwa. Muna 1851, mutumbi wake wakaendeswa kuBregenz ndokuiswa mucherechedzo imomo.