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Freidorf
Sign in to saveFreidorf (German for "free village"; ; ) was one of the first German settlements in Temes County in the Banat, Kingdom of Hungary. In 1920, it became part of Romania; since 1950 it is a district of the city of Timișoara, located on the southwest outskirts of the city. Freidorf maintains historic architecture, old Banat Swabian houses, and many green spaces.
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- Timișoara
- Region
- Timiș County
- Country
- România
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- History
- German colonization
- 1848 revolution
- Demographic evolution
- 20th century
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- Freidorf Industrial Park
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Freidorf (German for "free village"; ; ) was one of the first German settlements in Temes County in the Banat, Kingdom of Hungary. In 1920, it became part of Romania; since 1950 it is a district of the city of Timișoara, located on the southwest outskirts of the city. Freidorf maintains historic architecture, old Banat Swabian houses, and many green spaces.
== History == Traces of Eneolithic habitation have been discovered here since the second half of the 19th century. More recent research has attributed them to the Tiszapolgár and Baden cultures with Coțofeni influences.
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