Freidorf

[4] According to Hungarian historian Dezső Csánki [hu], there would have been another village here in the Middle Ages, first mentioned as Zabadfalua in 1369, when it was in the possession of a certain Nexa family from Délvidék and the Bésáns of Belinț.

Initially it was a rather small village, built on the estate of Count Franz Paul von Wallis [de],[6] commander of the Timișoara Fortress (1716–1729) after the capitulation of the Ottomans following the siege of 1716, with about 500 inhabitants and little arable land.

[6] Although the place was not attractive, being surrounded by swamps, and the living conditions were precarious, the authorities' plans for Freidorf were increasingly ambitious.

The park that exists today bears his name, and every year, on 15 March, hundreds of Hungarians gather to lay wreaths at the monument.

[6] In 1836, the population was decimated by a cholera epidemic, and starting with 1850, Hungarian and Romanian families began to move into the village.

They mainly focused on growing vegetables, raising animals and producing bricks, all production being destined for the expanding nearby city.

From Freidorf to Deutschsanktmichael, the fully loaded vessels cannot pass, only if they will be partially unloaded, the cause of the slightly lower water level being that in several places the canal has up to 86 embankments."

The car transport is very developed, Freidorf being crossed by the county road 526 that connects the Timișoara with Utvin and Sânmihaiu Român, then continuing to the border with Serbia.

Developed on a total area of 63 ha,[10] the park has attracted over the years companies such as ContiTech, Kromberg & Schubert, ELBA, Smithfield, etc.

Freidorf in the Josephinian map of Banat , 1769–72
House in Freidorf built in 1929
Trams on line 3 in 2006
Olympic swimmer and actor Johnny Weissmuller was born here (the original house was demolished in the 1980s) on 2 June 1904.