Despite a peace treaty which had been signed between the peasants and the city of Bern, on May 30, 1653, Zürich assembled an army under the command of Conrad Werdmüller with the task to break any armed resistance once and for all times.

Already three days later, Werdmüller's army controlled the important crossing of the river Reuss at Mellingen.

In the hills around the nearby villages of Wohlenschwil and Othmarsingen a peasant army of some 24,000 men[5] assembled, led by Leuenberger and Schybi.

Werdmüller, who had been until then unaware of this treaty that had been signed only days before, refused to acknowledge the validity of the contract and demanded the unconditional surrender of the peasants.

[6][7] Thus rebutted, the peasants attacked Werdmüller's troops on June 3, 1653, but being poorly equipped and lacking any artillery, they were defeated decisively in the Battle of Wohlenschwil.

Of the rest of the land, 14.7% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (2.5%) is non-productive (rivers or lakes).

[8] The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules a Musket and its Mount Fork saltirewise Or and Argent and in chief Sun in Splendour of the second.