Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Saboda matsayinta na dabarun tare da mahimman hanyoyin samar da kayayyaki, kuma saboda cinikin da ke bunkasa, garin ya zama mai arziki. Wannan ya ba da izinin ɗan 'yanci (musamman a cikin yankunan da Habsburg ke sarrafawa da) a cikin Tarayyar Switzerland wanda ya ƙare tare da ƙirƙirar cantons na Switzerland ta Napoleon a 1799. A cikin 1656 da 1712 (Yaƙin farko na Villmergen da Yakin Toggenburg
, ko Yaƙin Villmergen na biyu, bi da bi), Rapperswil ya shiga cikin yaƙe-yaƙe tsakanin Katolika da Canton na Tsohon Tarayyar Switzerland. Rapperswil da farko wani ɓangare ne na Helvetic da gundumar babban birnin Linth. Bayan Dokar Mediation ta 1803, ya shiga cikin canton na St. Gallen, kuma tsohon "Herrschaft Rapperswil" an raba shi zuwa kananan hukumomin Rapperswil da Jona.