Winogrady is a part of the Stare Miasto district of the city of Poznaà  in western Poland. It is situated north of the Cytadela park (the former Poznaà  citadel). The name refers to the vineyards which formerly existed in the area â historically there were two villages there called Winiary (although "Winiary" today refers to a neighbourhood in Jeà ¼yce district, to which the inhabitants were moved when the citadel fortifications were built in the 1830s).
The southern part of Winogrady, between the streets ul. Winogrady and ul. Sà Âowiaà Âska, consists mainly of houses, although there are also some apartment blocks (including the "Batman" development, named for its black colour) and student halls of residence. North of this is an area which consists of large estates of apartment blocks, mostly built from pre-fabricated concrete panels from 1968 onwards. Most of these blocks and the estate infrastructure belong to the PSM Winogrady (Poznaà Âska Spóà Âdzielnia Mieszkaniowa Winogrady) housing cooperative, founded as a separate entity in 1984 (the development having previously been carried out by the PSM cooperative which now administers only the Piàtkowo estates). The Winogrady estates house approximately 43,000 people, about 7âÂÂ8% of the city's population.
The estates (osiedla) are called Osiedle Pod Lipami ("Under the Lime Trees"), Osiedle Przyjaà ºni ("Friendship"), Osiedle Kosmonautów ("Cosmonauts'"), Osiedle Wichrowe Wzgórze ("Wuthering Heights") and Osiedle ZwyciÃÂstwa ("Victory"). There is also a newer estate (Osiedle Na Murawie) to the east of the district. Wichrowe Wzgórze was originally called Osiedle Kraju Rad ("Estate of the Land of Councils", referring to the Soviet Union), and Pod Lipami was called Osiedle Wielkiego Paà ºdziernika ("Estate of Great October", referring to the October Revolution); these were renamed after the fall of the communist regime.
For city governmental purposes, the area is divided into four parts, which also called osiedla: Stare Winogrady ("Old Winogrady"), Nowe Winogrady Póà Ânoc ("New Winogrady North"), Nowe Winogrady Wschód ("New Winogrady East"), and Nowe Winogrady Poà Âudnie ("New Winogrady South"). See Administrative division of Poznaà Â.
The main street Aleje Solidarnoà Âci ("Solidarity Avenue"), formerly ul. Serbska ("Serb Street"), runs between Przyjaà ºni and Pod Lipami to the south, and ZwyciÃÂstwa, Wichrowe Wzgórze and Kosmonautów to the north. North of the latter estates is ul. Lechicka, a main transit route through Poznaà Â, north of which are a number of similar estates in the neighbourhood of Piàtkowo. The Plaza and Pestka shopping and entertainment complexes are located on the south side of this street, in the north of Winogrady.
The Poznaà  Fast Tram Route ("Pestka") runs west of the Winogrady estates, continuing northwards to Piàtkowo and southwards to the city centre. There are also older tram lines which run from the centre eastwards along ul. Winogrady and then northwards, serving the eastern parts of the district.