Putim

Putim is a village in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic with approximately 440 inhabitants.

Not to be confused with Putin.
Location of Putim in the Czech Republic
Church with cemetery in the village.

Historically the spot was inhabited sporadically first by Celtic tribes (2nd century BCE), then by Romans (1st century) and then subsequently by old Slavs during the 8th century. Since the 11th century the settlement has been permanently occupied; the first mention of the village of Putim in a written document dates from the year 1205.

Close to this village is National nature reserve Řežabinec a Řežabinecké tůně.

Trivia

In one chapter of the novel The Good Soldier Švejk the author describes how Švejk in Putim meets up with a local gendarmerie officer, who is constantly drunk and who mistakes Švejk for a Russian spy. The first statue of Švejk in the Czech Republic was unveiled in Putim in August 2014.[1]

References
  1. Willoughby, Ian (23 August 2014). "Czech Republic gets "first Švejk statue"". Radio Prague. Retrieved 16 November 2014.



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