Neighbor districts are : OberallgÃ u , UnterallgÃ u , Augsburg ( district ) , Landsberg ( district ) , Weilheim-Schongau and Garmisch-Partenkirchen ( district ) ; The district-free city of Kaufbeuren , in the middle of the district , is not part of the it . It is bounded by ( from the west and clockwise ) the districts of OberallgÃ u , UnterallgÃ u , Augsburg , Landsberg , Weilheim-Schongau and Garmisch-Partenkirchen , and by the Austrian state of Tyrol . The city of Kaufbeuren is enclosed by but does not belong to the district .