 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - 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 yeNyika, chikamu cheHondo dzeFrance dzeRevolution, yaive nzvimbo yehondo dzinoverengeka pakati pemasimba eHabsburg neFrench Revolutionary Army: kunyanya, yekutangauye hondo yechipiri yeZurich uye Hondo yeWinterthur yakarwiwa imomo, kana kuti pedyo nayo. 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. 