page_title: Freidorf
section_title: Soils
hierarchical_section_title: Freidorf / Geography / Soils
caption_attribution_description: Fişier:Staţia de Pompare Freidorf
context_page_description: Freidorf was one of the first German settlements in Temes County, Kingdom of Hungary. It was recorded in 1369 as Zabadfalua, Zabadfalu, in 1415, 1482 as Zabadfalu, in 1808 as Freydorf, Frajtok, in 1851, 1888 as Freidorf, Szabadfalva, from 1913 as Szabadfalu. In 1920, it became part of Romania; since 1950 it is a district of the city of Timișoara. Freidorf maintains a beautiful architecture, old German-style homes, and many green spaces.
context_section_description: In Freidorf, being located in an area of low and  plain land, chernozems and alluvial soils predominate. As proof that the village, like the entire municipality of Timișoara, has developed on a swampy ground, the groundwater is at a very high level, it is at a depth of about 3 m. The pond in Freidorf, named after the inhabitants Szabo Pond is a remnant of the old ponds that once occupied large areas. It can be seen that Petofi Sandor Park is also located in the place of a former pond due to the level differences between the road and the park. Between the embankment of the railway leading to Cruceni and the dam of the Bega canal, the land is still very swampy. In the 1970s, the communist regime ordered the digging of several drainage canals in that area. They meet in the basin of a pumping station that pumps excess water into the Bega Canal. Currently, the Freidorf Pumping Station, which belongs to A.N.I.F Timiș, is no longer operational, this can have very serious consequences in case of large floods.
caption: The Freidorf Pumping Station
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