Bodza between Backwaters and Village History

Nature and Water

The Zsemlékes backwater is mentioned as early as 1268 and extends to the boundaries of Lakszakállas and Lipové. Within the system of the Ekel and Megye canals, the Zsemlékes wetland forms a continuous body of water approximately 2 km long; several fish species live there. Kovács Lake is located in the centre of Bodza and dries up in summer. The landscape is flat and treeless: smaller elevations are considered remnants of former riverbanks, while flatter areas correspond to former backwaters.

The Bodza railway station lies between Veľký Meder and Zemianska Olča at kilometre 74. When booking a holiday apartment in Bodza, travel dates, room category and cancellation conditions provide three objective points of comparison.

Villagescape and History

The manor house at No. 118 is a simple, single-storey building with an L-shaped floor plan and was built in 1887 for the administrator of the Kálnoky family's estate. No. 120 was built in the 1880s by Béla Végh from Vereb. The simple, single-storey building has a rectangular floor plan and an open colonnade accessible from both ends of the courtyard.

House No. 117 is the oldest surviving farmhouse in Bodza. It was built from adobe bricks in the second half of the 19th century. House No. 8 is a standard house from the 1920s built from adobe bricks, opening onto the courtyard through a colonnade.

The Roman Catholic bell tower stands at the edge of Bodza's municipal park. An inscription on its older bell states that it was cast in Pest in 1869 by Walser Ferenc and dedicated to Saint John of Nepomuk. Across the road beside the municipal office stands the Reformed belfry; it is topped with an onion dome and was built in 1926.

Bodza's municipal office is a single-storey, rectangular building with nine bays and was built in 1913. The small municipal park lies in front of the municipal office; it was established in 1974 as an occasional resting place for residents. The village's commemorative landscape also includes a monument to deported Hungarian families, a monument to the Hungarian Revolution and War of Independence of 1848, and a wooden memorial post for the heroes of the First and Second World Wars.

Cycling Routes

The regional cycling tourism route Z4 runs through Bodza along road I/63 and connects Komárno with Veľký Meder. The local cycling route D2 leads from Lipové over a bridge, along a water canal and via a field track to Bodza. If you plan your cycling days differently, the two routes can be considered separately according to their respective courses and their named starting and ending points.

Other Places

Other place names in the same regional context are Okoličná Na Ostrove, Marcelová, Patince, Iža, Radvaň Nad Dunajom, Zlatná Na Ostrove, Bodzianske Lúky and Buc.

For the higher-level travel overview: Komárno District.