Fort Winiary

Fort Winiary was first constructed under Prussian rule in the 19th century.

Detailed plans were approved on 21 February 1829, and the name "Fort Winiary" soon came to be applied, as the fort was situated on a hill where there were two villages called Winiary (the name alluding to the vine cultivation which had once taken place there).

On 10 October 1829 an order was made restricting civilian building in a strip in front of the planned fort.

This is the neighbourhood known as Winiary today, part of the city's Jeżyce district (there is also an estate there named Bonin).

Unlike the bulk of the city's inner fortifications, Fort Winiary was not demolished during the early twentieth century.

The site is listed as one of Poland's official national Historic Monuments (Pomnik historii), as designated November 28, 2008, along with other portions of the city's historic core.