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County of Oettingen

Oettingen in Bayern
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Oettingen in Bayern   is located in Germany
Oettingen in Bayern
Oettingen in Bayern
Coordinates: 48°57′N 10°35′E / 48.950°N 10.583°E / 48.950; 10.583Coordinates: 48°57′N 10°35′E / 48.950°N 10.583°E / 48.950; 10.583
Country Germany
State Bavaria
Admin. region Swabia
District Donau-Ries
Municipal assoc. Oettingen in Bayern
Government
 • Mayor Petra Wagner (CSU)
Area
 • Total 34.21 km2 (13.21 sq mi)
Elevation 419 m (1,375 ft)
Population (2015-12-31)
 • Total 5,166
 • Density 150/km2 (390/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 86729–86732
Dialling codes 09082
Vehicle registration DON, NÖ
Website www.oettingen.de
County (Principality) of Oettingen
Grafschaft (Fürstentum) Oettingen
State of the Holy Roman Empire
1147–1806


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Capital Oettingen in Bayern
Government Principality
Historical era Middle Ages
 •  First documentary mention 1147
 •  Partitioned 1418, 1442 and 1485 1147
 •  Partitioned to Ö-Oettingen and Ö-Wallerstein 1522
 •  Ö-Wallerstein partitioned to create Ö-Baldern and Ö-Spielberg 1623/94
 •  Ö-Oettingen extinct to Ö-Spielberg and Ö-Wallerstein 1731
 •  Ö-Spielberg and Ö-Wallerstein raised to principalities 1734 and 1774
 •  Ö-Baldern extinct, to Ö-Wallerstein 1798 1806
 •  Mediatised to Bavaria 1806
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Duchy of Swabia
Kingdom of Bavaria


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Oettingen in Bayern is a town in the Donau-Ries district, in Swabia, Bavaria, Germany. It is situated 29 km (18 mi) northwest of Donauwörth, and 14 km (8.7 mi) northeast of Nördlingen.

The town is located on the River Wörnitz, a tributary of the Danube, and lies on the northern edge of the Nördlinger Ries, a gigantic meteorite crater 25 km (16 mi) in diameter.

Political constituents of the town:

The Oettinger Brewery, who make Germany's best-selling brand of beer, has its main brewery and headquarters in Oettingen.

Neolithic remains indicate that the region was already settled by around 5000 BC. Archaeologists have also discovered the remains of a Bronze Age settlement and a Roman village.

The old town centre has a highly unusual aspect; while the eastern side of the main street and market place is baroque, the western side is half timbered. From 1522 to 1731 the town was split between the protestant house of Oettingen-Oettingen and the Roman Catholic house of Oettingen-Wallerstein, which built the baroque facades. As well as one side of the street being protestant and the other side being catholic, one side used the Julian Calendar, the other side used the Gregorian Calendar. Each side also had its own synagogue.

Unlike nearby Dinkelsbühl which survived World War 2 unscathed, Oettingen was severely damaged on 23 February 1945 by an Allied bombing raid, part of Operation Clarion, in which 48 aircraft dropped some 500 boms on the town, killing 199 persons.


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