Mehala evolved from a slum-like village (in Turkish mahale means "slum") to a neighborhood of houses, villas and many gardens.

[5] It is one of the oldest satellite villages of Timișoara and was built in the higher part of the city, west of Palanca Mare.

[8] Mehala has long been an independent commune, whose name comes from the Turkish language, mahale meaning "slum" or "suburb".

[5] Travelers coming from the west often stopped here, after the gates of the fortress closed, being forced to spend the night at the inns or in the stables in the area.

The Wells of the Pashas were later renamed Präsidentengarten and were used by local leaders as a place of relaxation until 1849 when Timișoara was besieged by revolutionaries and the residence was completely destroyed.

[13] Since the Orthodox Rascians (collective term for Romanians and Serbs) were not allowed to settle in the fortress at that time, many of them moved to what is now Mehala.

[12] At the beginning of the 20th century, the commune had about 300 houses with gardens, grouped in four distinct colonies – Ronaț, Anheurer, Blașcovici and Weiß – between which there were no roads or paved sidewalks.

[12] The handover was made in a festive setting, in the town hall, by deputy count Sándor Ferenczy and mayor Carol Telbisz.

Mehala was to be represented in the Municipal Council by Alexander Hermann, József Egyed, Ioan Pavlovits and Petar Petrovits.

[17] From now on, Mehala has experienced a vertiginous development: roads to the city and sidewalks were paved, street lighting was introduced and kindergartens and schools were established.

[17] Between the old city limits of Timișoara and Mehala an undeveloped stretch of land remained – as a green belt until 1964, after which the expansion of Circumvalațiunii began from the west.

The new trolleybus line 13 ran from 1968, initially to Cetății Boulevard, then from 1970 parallel to the tram to Avram Iancu Square and finally from 1978 to Grigore Alexandrescu Street on the western edge of the city.

The Romanian church, also called the Mehala Cathedral due to its imposing dimensions, was built between 1925 and 1937 in neo-Byzantine style.