Ógyalla

Cadet Cross

Sacral small monument

The Süttő marble object in the churchyard with a metallic INRI plaque and corpus. Under the latter is Our Lady of Sorrows. Inscription: ANDRÁS KÁDEK AND HIS WIFE MÁRIA MARSÓ WERE RAISED AND PLACED FOR THE GLORY OF GOD ON MAY 3, 1901 SZ. K. F. N. ; The surrounding area is a tidy a... Read More

Holy Trinity Statue in Ógyalla

Sacral small monument

The sandstone statue, which faces the main road fenced with wrought iron near the church, is now outside the churchyard fence. There are oak trees around it. During his 1998 collection, József Liszka found the following inscription carved into the sandstone: WIDOW GYURCSOVICS JÓZ... Read More

Bust of Mór Jókai from Ógyalla

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

In 1856, the painter Árpád Feszty, son-in-law of Mór Jókai, was born in Ógyalla. The writer's maternal grandparents were also residents of Ógyalla, with whom Jókai enjoyed spending time during his childhood. It is thanks to this that in 2004, on the 100th anniversary of his death... Read More

The grave of József Chalupeczky

Cemeteries, tombstones, graves

József Chalupeczky's grandmother was a midwife in Ógyalla, and his grandfather told stories about Miklós Konkoly-Thege. That is why he may have been attracted to the history of the settlement, he noted down many interesting facts, collected postcards, and was a local government r... Read More

The tomb of László Basternák

Cemeteries, tombstones, graves

László Basternák is the most significant politician in Ógyalla, who also served as mayor between 2003 and 2006. Before that, he worked in the representative body, as the chairman of the Finance Committee. Among his achievements are the establishment of the Ógyalla-Bagota industri... Read More

Statue of Saint John of Nepomuk in Ógyalla

Sacral small monument

We can read this about the statue, which is probably temporarily standing next to the wall of the St. László Church, in Árpád Bagin's article entitled Sacral Monuments of the Ógyalla and Bagota Cadastre: ; “A polychrome sandstone statue located south of the church, along the main... Read More

The tomb of Miklós Konkoly Thege and the tomb chapel of the Konkoly Thege family

Cemeteries, tombstones, grave sites

The tomb of the Konkoly Thege family – 10 (chapel, Chapel of the Virgin Mary of Seven Sorrows). It is located on a hill on the edge of the settlement, along the current main road, with the tomb of the Konkoly Thege family in the open air below and next to it. Above the main entra... Read More

Old buildings

Other - other

Demolition of an old building. This building appeared on a postcard in 1916-17 - published by L. H. Komárom, Baross u. 6. At that time, an inscription was still visible on the roof: Ógyallai Takarékpénztar Részvénytársaság. Its last owners loved living in the building (Facebook p... Read More

Handing over of the World War I and World War II memorial

Other - other

The invitation of the municipality in Slovak to the event of the handover of the World War I and II memorial. ; ; &nbsp, Read More

The last thatched farmhouse

Other - other

József Chalupeczky also took a photo a few (?) decades earlier, and in his manuscripts he dealt in detail with the furnishings of the farmhouses. In the 1990s, they wanted to save the building as a country house. The building was demolished. Read More