Ettringen is a municipality in the district of Unterallgäu in Bavaria, Germany. It is located in the Swabian region of the state, within the administrative district known as Bavarian Swabia.
The municipality belongs to the district of Unterallgäu, one of the districts that make up the Bavarian administrative region of Swabia. As a municipality, Ettringen forms part of the local governmental structure typical of Bavaria, in which towns and villages are organized as independent administrative units within their respective districts.
Ettringen shares its name with several other places in Germany, including a municipality in the Mayen-Koblenz district of Rhineland-Palatinate, but the Bavarian Ettringen is distinct and lies within Unterallgäu. The community is situated in the Alpine foothills region of southern Bavaria, an area characterized by its proximity to the Allgäu landscape.