Wilda (German Wilda or Wilde) is a southern part of the city of Poznaà  in western Poland. It was the smallest of the five governmental districts (dzielnicas) into which the city was divided prior to 1990, and which are retained for certain administrative purposes. For details, see Administrative division of Poznaà Â.
The name Wilda more popularly refers to a narrower area â the old neighbourhood (and former village) of Wilda, centred on the Rynek Wildecki market. This forms the northern part of the wider district of Wilda discussed in this article, and closely corresponds to the osiedle named Wilda in the new administrative division of Poznaà Â. The wider district of Wilda also contains two other osiedles: Zielony DÃÂbiec ("Green DÃÂbiec") and à Âwierczewo.
The district of Wilda has an area of , which is 5.8% of the total area of Poznaà Â. Its population of 63,800 accounts for 11.1% of the city's total. The population density is 4,253 persons/km<sup>2</sup>
Wilda is bounded by the districts of Stare Miasto ("Old Town") to the north, Grunwald to the west, and Nowe Miasto ("New Town") across the Warta river to the east. It is also bordered by the town of Luboà  to the south.
Poznaà Â's main rail station, Poznaà  Gà Âówny, is located in Wilda's north-west corner, with the central PKS coach station slightly to the east. Also in the north of Wilda is Poznaà Â's College of Physical Education (AWF), a stadium and a number of sports facilities. South of the station is the ZNTK rail vehicle repair and manufacturing plant, and further south still is the Cegielski factory.
The old neighbourhood of Wilda lies to the east of the ZNTK plant. Its central point is Rynek Wildecki (Wilda Market Place), which contains an open-air market. The former Wilda cinema to the north of this (built 1962) has been closed since 2006, but there is now a Multikino multiplex cinema ("Multikino 51", opened 1998) located at the district's northern edge.
A belt of green land runs along the Warta river on the district's eastern edge. To the south, this includes the DÃÂbina park complex and water intake facility.
To the west of DÃÂbina is the residential district of DÃÂbiec, and west of this is à Âwierczewo.
Parts of the district along the left bank of the Warta became part of Poznaà  at the end of the 18th century, when the city's Prussian rulers expanded its boundaries beyond the line of the medieval city walls. However the old district of Wilda did not become part of the city until the subsequent expansion of the boundaries in 1900. The Cegielski company (which had previously operated in other parts of Poznaà Â) acquired its present site in the south of Wilda in 1919âÂÂ1920, following the return to Polish rule.
DÃÂbiec was incorporated into Poznaà  in the expansion of 1925 (during the time of the Second Polish Republic), and à Âwierczewo was added in the expansion of 1940âÂÂ1942 carried out under Nazi occupation.
The railway line running south from the main station (initially along Wilda's western edge) splits into three branches south of the Cegielski plant: one runs west towards Berlin, one south towards Wrocà Âaw, and one south-east towards Katowice. There are two smaller stations in Wilda: Poznaà  DÃÂbiec on the southern branch, and Poznaà  DÃÂbina on the eastern branch.
Trams run through Wilda from the city centre, terminating at DÃÂbiec, which is also served by a number of bus routes.
Junction 10 of the A2 motorway (the Poznaà  Luboà  junction) is situated south-west of the water intake, providing access to Wilda and central Poznaà  to the north, and Luboà  to the south.