But the events of the war had strengthened the pro-confederate party in the city council, and the Swiss recognized the city's strategic position as a bridgehead on the Rhine (like Schaffhausen, too).
No ratna zbivanja su ojačala pro-konfederacijsku stranku u gradskom vijeću, a Švicarska je prepoznala strateški položaj grada kao mosta na Rajni (kao i Schaffhausena).