Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Romawa sun kori Alamanni a kusa da 250 AD, wanda Franks suka ci nasara a 496. A farkon shekarun Daular Roman Mai Tsarki an gina sabbin gidaje, daga cikinsu akwai Schloss Oettingen, wanda shine tsakiyar gundumar Oettingen. An ambaci wannan gundumar a karo na farko a cikin 1141, ta mallaki ƙauyukan Ries kuma ta sami damar samun ƙarin yankuna a kusa. A cikin karni na 15 an raba gundumar zuwa jihohi biyu na Oettingen-Oettingen da Oettingen-Wallerstein. Daga baya matar ta zama 'yar Farostatan, ita kuma ta zama 'yar Katolika. Wannan shi ne dalilin ƙiyayya mai ɗauke da jini da ta kai ga yaƙi na shekaru da yawa. Tun kafin Yaƙin Shekaru talatin akwai yaƙe-yaƙe, kisan gilla da farautar mayu a ɓangarorin biyu. A cikin Yakin Shekaru talatin, Ries ya kusan lalace gaba ɗaya kuma ba shi da mazauna. An yi manyan yaƙe-yaƙe biyu na wannan yaƙin a yankin: Yaƙin Nördlingen (1634)
da kuma yakin Nördlingen (1645).