Putim


Putim is a village in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic with approximately 440 inhabitants.
Historically the spot was inhabited sporadically first by Celtic tribes, then by Romans 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.