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Institutions

Mariánská kasárna (Marienkaserne) in Budějovice (Budweis). Until 1 June 1915, it was home to Švejk's Infanterieregiment Nr. 91. From 17 February to 1 June 1915, Jaroslav Hašek served with the regiment in these barracks.

The Good Soldier Švejk mentions numerous institutions and firms, both public and private. Until 15 September 2013, these were categorised as 'Places' on these pages. That categorisation only partly makes sense, because this type of entity cannot always be tied to geographical coordinates in the way that cities, mountains, and rivers can. This page therefore covers military and civilian institutions (including army units, regiments, etc.), organisations, hotels, public houses, newspapers, and magazines.

The boundary between this page and 'Places' is not always clear-cut. Churches, for instance, rarely change location yet are still included here. By contrast, Prague and Vienna remain in the 'Places' database because they have fixed coordinates. Institutions, however, may move: Odvodní komise and Bendlovka are not unambiguous geographical terms, so they are listed on this page.

The names are colour-coded according to their role in the novel, as illustrated by the following examples:

Institutions index of institutions, taverns, military units, societies, periodicals ... (305) Show all
I. In the rear
Introduction (1)
1. The good soldier Švejk acts to intervene in the world war (8)
2. The good soldier Švejk at police headquarters (6)
3. Švejk before the court physicians (7)
4. They threw Švejk out of the madhouse (6)
5. Švejk at the district police station in Salmova street (4)
6. Švejk at home again, having broken through the vicious circle (3)
7. Švejk goes in the military (6)
8. Švejk as a malingerer (3)
9. Švejk in the garrison prison (12)
10. Švejk as a military servant to the field chaplain (11)
11. Švejk rides with the field chaplain to serve a field mass (5)
12. A religious debate (6)
13. Švejk goes to provide the last rites (11)
14. Švejk as military servant to senior lieutenant Lukáš (14)
15. Catastrophe (4)
II. At the front
1. Švejk's mishaps on the train (15)
2. Švejk's budějovická anabasis (38)
3. Švejk's happenings in Királyhida (44)
4. New afflictions (26)
5. From Bruck on the Leitha toward Sokal (29)
III. The Illustrious Thrashing
IV. The Illustrious Thrashing Continued
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Výbor ze spisů Xenofontových, Vilém Steinmann,1880

Temple of Artemis is mentioned indirectly in the author's description of Herostratus, 'who set fire to the temple of the goddess in Ephesus'.

Background

Temple of Artemis was a temple in Ephesus, regarded as one of the Seven Wonders of the World. It was erected in honour of the goddess Artemis. The temple was burnt down in 356 BC (see Herostratus) but was later rebuilt. Today only ruins remain.

Quote(s) from the novel
[Úvod] On nezapálil chrám bohyně v Efesu, jako to udělal ten hlupák Herostrates, aby se dostal do novin a školních čítanek.
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