 Following the 1798 French invasion, the County of Uznach was finally freed from joint Schwyz and Glarus control.The construction of the Kaltbrunn-Ricken road in 1785-88 and the Uznach road in 1830 connected the village to the surrounding towns.In 1803 Gommiswald and Ernetschwil formed a short lived political municipality, but separated again in 1807.