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Winogrady[vinɔˈɡradɨ] is a part of theStare Miasto district of the city ofPoznań in westernPoland. It is situated north of theCytadela park (the former Poznańcitadel). The name refers to thevineyards which formerly existed in the area – historically there were two villages there called Winiary (although "Winiary" today refers to a neighbourhood inJeżyce district, to which the inhabitants were moved when the citadel fortifications were built in the 1830s).
The southern part of Winogrady, between the streetsul. Winogrady andul. Słowiańska, consists mainly of houses, although there are also some apartment blocks (including the "Batman" development, named for its black colour) and studenthalls of residence. North of this is an area which consists of large estates of apartment blocks, mostly built frompre-fabricated concrete panels from 1968 onwards. Most of these blocks and the estate infrastructure belong to the PSM Winogrady(Poznańska Spółdzielnia Mieszkaniowa Winogrady) housingcooperative, founded as a separate entity in 1984 (the development having previously been carried out by the PSM cooperative which now administers only thePiątkowo estates). The Winogrady estates house approximately 43,000 people, about 7–8% of the city's population.
The estates(osiedla) are calledOsiedle Pod Lipami ("Under the Lime Trees"),Osiedle Przyjaźni ("Friendship"),Osiedle Kosmonautów ("Cosmonauts'"),Osiedle Wichrowe Wzgórze ("Wuthering Heights") andOsiedle Zwycięstwa ("Victory"). There is also a newer estate(Osiedle Na Murawie) to the east of the district. Wichrowe Wzgórze was originally calledOsiedle Kraju Rad ("Estate of the Land of Councils", referring to theSoviet Union), and Pod Lipami was calledOsiedle Wielkiego Października ("Estate of Great October", referring to theOctober Revolution); these were renamed after the fall of thecommunist regime.
For city governmental purposes, the area is divided into four parts, which also calledosiedla: Stare Winogrady ("Old Winogrady"), Nowe Winogrady Północ ("New Winogrady North"), Nowe Winogrady Wschód ("New Winogrady East"), and Nowe Winogrady Południe ("New Winogrady South"). SeeAdministrative division of Poznań.
The main streetAleje Solidarności ("Solidarity Avenue"), formerlyul. Serbska ("Serb Street"), runs between Przyjaźni and Pod Lipami to the south, and Zwycięstwa, Wichrowe Wzgórze and Kosmonautów to the north. North of the latter estates isul. Lechicka, a main transit route through Poznań, north of which are a number of similar estates in the neighbourhood ofPiątkowo. The Plaza and Pestka shopping and entertainment complexes are located on the south side of this street, in the north of Winogrady.
ThePoznań Fast Tram Route ("Pestka") 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 alongul. Winogrady and then northwards, serving the eastern parts of the district.
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