Ógyalla (Bagota)

Image column on the outskirts of Bagota

Sacral small monument

It was erected for the glory of God and in honor of the Sacred Heart of Jesus by Péter Bilkó and his wife Erzsébet Králik in 1934. The iconostasis was renovated by their grandson in 2005. Read More

Belfry

Sacral small monument

In the 1780s, a belfry could already be built in Bagotá. (Transylvanian Chronicle, 4) If someone was dead, until about the 1970s, they rang the bell every hour or every two hours, "silencing" them with the small bell (when they went to the grave, "small ringing"). They also rang ... Read More

Grave of Pál Ordódy and his son from Ordódi and Rozsonmiticzi

Cemeteries, tombstones, graves

In the cemetery behind the Catholic church in Bagota, there are tombstones of several members of the Ordódy family. On one of them we can read the name of Pál Ordódy, the Hungarian Royal Minister of Transport. His son, Pál Ordódy, born in 1852, who was a member of the National As... Read More

The grave of Kálmán Ordódy

Cemeteries, tombstones, graves

János Ferenc Keresztelő Ordódy Kálmán of Lower Lieszkó and Rozsony-Miticz (Bagota, January 10, 1815 – Buda, Várnegyed, December 14, 1871) was an imperial and royal lieutenant general, departmental councilor of the Ministry of National Defense. He was born in Bagota in 1815 to Bál... Read More

Cemetery cross

Sacral small monument

It is found in an area known as an old cemetery among the people, made of Süttő marble (close to the morgue and the Reformed cemetery). Its body and INRI sign are rusty. The inscription is difficult to read, but it is: ISTENŐSÓGÉR ÚVÉGY SZABÓ ISTVÁNNÉ BORN MÁRIA TRENCSIK 189I APR... Read More

Tomb of Béla Ordódy

Cemeteries, tombstones, graves

Béla Ordódy (Ordódi of Alsó-Lieszkó), teacher at the Royal State Higher Construction School of the Hungarian Royal Academy, son of István Ordódy, landowner, and Vilma Bartakovics of Kis-Appony, born on May 3, 1856 in Bagota (Komárom County), after completing the eighth grade of t... Read More

Bagotai Cross

Sacral small monument

Next to the entrance of the church, on both sides, there are two crucifixes made of red limestone from Süttő: ; The one on the left was erected on July 26, 1901 by the widow. Borbála Petrik, born János Sternoczky. The cross used to stand next to the main road, not far from the en... Read More

St. Anna Roman Catholic Church in Bagota

Building, structure

The Roman Catholic Church of St. Anna is the only church in the settlement of Bagota (an independent village before 1971, since then a part of the city of Ógyalla). The male members of the Ordódy family were the guardians of the church until 1945. It was built in the 18th century... Read More

Cemetery cross (stone cross)

Sacral small monument

The sandstone object stands a little close to the eastern edge of the present-day Catholic cemetery, with the corpus facing south. The stem and corpus of the cross are in very poor condition. One part of the latter's right hand still has a wire on the stem, the other part of it h... Read More

Cemetery cross

Sacral small monument

On the right side of the church entrance is the Süttő marble object, with a rusty corpus and an INRI tablet. Its base is cracked, and underneath is a layer of brick covered with mortar. The inscription on the object is partially painted over: ; ; "OUR SWEET JESUS" ; BE WITH US AL... Read More