Neuhof (German) – Neihof (German) – Bogdal (Josephinische) – Papd (Hungarian) – Bogdarigós (Hungarian) – Rigósfürdö (Hungarian) – Bogda, Romania (Official)
Timis County – Western Romania
Dependant villages are administered by the Bogda (Neuhof) community: Altringen, Buzad, Charlottenburg, Comeat and Sintar. The commune is twinned with the German village of Marpingen, a small village not far from Luxembourg. In Bogda there is a medical clinic, a cultural home and a library.
Genealogical Records – Church records available at LDS –
084 RO – Neuhof: B. 1772-1847, M. 1772-1847, D. 1772-1848
Bogdal – Josephinische Landesaufnahme, 1769-72 Map
Bobda was among 190 villages affected by the deportation to the Bărăgan in 1951
In 1436, the village belonged to Arad County under the name of Bagd. Between 1723-1725 it appeared under the name Bogdan. In 1771, it becomes part of the second general colonization of Banat receiving an influx of German inhabitants, during the reign of Queen Maria Theresa of Austria (1740-1780) and her son Prince Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor. In 1890, Bogda is included in the Lipova district with a reported 424 inhabitants. At the 2004 census there were 446 inhabitants, in 2005 total of 419, -200 female and 219 male.
The Neumannsche settlement resulted in 1770 establishing the following villages: Kleinjetscha, Heufeld, Mastort, Marienfeld, Albrechtsflor and 1771 settlements for Berksowatals: Buchberg, Neuhof, Altringen, Charlottenburg, Königshof, Blumenthal and the villages of the Arader Land Segenthau, Wiesenhaid, Kreuzstätten and the French villages Sankt-Hubert, Seultour und Charleville. (Source: Quellennachweis: Donauschwäbische Geschichte. Das Jahrhundert der Ansiedlung 1689-1805 von Oskar Feldtänzer) [Note: Von Neumann, official with the Transylvanian Salt Depot in Lippa]
Village Chairman / H.O.G.: Hans Harle
Neuhof Catholic Church name: Erscheinung Mariens*
Last updated: 07/06/2025