OETTINGEN, a city of the kingdom of Bavaria, in the circle of the Rezat, which, with a district around it of seventy square miles and 12,500 inhabitants, forms a bailiwick belonging to the mediatized Prince of Oettingen-Oettingen. The city is the residence of the prince. It stands on the river Wernitz, is well built, and contains a Catholic and a Lutheran church, 460 houses, with 3480 inhabitants, who are chiefly employed in making linen and cotton goods. Long. 10. 31. 5. E. Lat. 48. 57. 27. N.