Winogrady is a part of the Stare Miasto district of the city ofPoznań in western Poland. It is situated north of the Cytadela park. The name refers to the vineyards which formerly existed in the area – historically there were two villages there called Winiary. The southern part of Winogrady, between the streetsul. Winogrady and ul. Słowiańska, consists mainly of houses, although there are also some apartment blocks 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 ' housing cooperative, founded as a separate entity in 1984. The Winogrady estates house approximately 43,000 people, about 7–8% of the city's population. The estates ' are called Osiedle Pod Lipami, Osiedle Przyjaźni, Osiedle Kosmonautów, Osiedle Wichrowe Wzgórze and Osiedle Zwycięstwa. There is also a newer estate to the east of the district. Wichrowe Wzgórze was originally called Osiedle Kraju Rad, and Pod Lipami was called Osiedle Wielkiego Października ; 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, Nowe Winogrady Północ, Nowe Winogrady Wschód, and Nowe Winogrady Południe. SeeAdministrative division of Poznań. The main streetAleje Solidarności, formerly ul. Serbska, runs between Przyjaźni and Pod Lipami to the south, and Zwycięstwa, Wichrowe Wzgórze and Kosmonautów to the north. North of the latter estates is ul. Lechicka, a main transit route through Poznań, north of which are a number of similar estates in the neighbourhood of Piątkowo. The Plaza and Pestka shopping and entertainment complexes are located on the south side of this street, in the north of Winogrady. The Poznań Fast Tram Route runs west of the Winogrady estates, continuing northwards to Piątkowo 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.
