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The Fateful Adventures of the Good Soldier Švejk (mostly known as The Good Soldier Švejk) by Jaroslav Hašek is a novel that contains a wealth of geographical references - either directly through the plot, in dialogues or in the author's narrative. Hašek was himself unusually well travelled and had a photographic memory of geographical (and other) details. It is evident that he put a lot of emphasis on geography: Eight of the 27 chapter headlines in the novel contain geographical names.

This web site will in due course contain a full overview of all the geographical references in the novel; from Prague in the introduction to Klimontów in the unfinished Part Four. Continents, states (also defunct), cities, market squares, city gates, regions, districts, towns, villages, mountains, mountain passes, oceans, lakes, rivers, caves, channels, islands, streets, parks and bridges are included.

The list is sorted according to the order in which the names appear in the novel. The chapter headlines are from Zenny Sadlon's recent translation (1999-2008) and will in most cases differ from Cecil Parrott's translation from 1973.

The quotes in Czech are copied from the on-line version of The Good Soldier Švejk: provided by Jaroslav Šerák and contain links to the relevant chapter. The toolbar has links for direct access to Wikipedia, Google maps, Google search, svejkmuseum.cz and the novel on-line.

The names are coloured according to their role in the novel, illustrated by these examples: Sanok a location where the plot takes place, Dubno mentioned in the narrative, Zagreb part of a dialogue, and Pakoměřice mentioned in an anecdote.

Places index of countries, cities, villages, mountains, rivers, bridges ... (591) Show all

I. In the rear

Introduction (6)

Macedonia Prague Austria Kingdom of Bohemia Czechoslovakia Ephesus

2. The good soldier Švejk at police headquarters (8)

Holice Řetězová ulice Hodkovičky London Záběhlice Kočevje Eliščin most Golgotha

3. Švejk before the court physicians (11)

Roman Empire Jerusalem Plzeň Botič Most přes Botič Podolí Kladno Kladensko Lánské lesy Pacific Ocean Vyšehrad

4. They threw Švejk out of the madhouse (4)

England Krkonoše Jaroměř Salmova ulice

5. Švejk at the district police station in Salmova street (9)

Marathon Královské Vinohrady Ražice Okres Hluboká Okresní hejtmanství Budějovice Ječná ulice Karlovo náměstí Spálená ulice Europe

6. Švejk at home again, having broken through the vicious circle (9)

Příčná ulice Račiněves Straškov Dejvice Great St Bernard Pass Brno Angora Leonberg Scotland

7. Švejk goes in the military (15)

Raba Galicia Kraków Hungary Piedmont Solferino Austria-Hungary Belgrade Václavské náměstí Krakovská ulice Vodičkova ulice Střelecký ostrov Bayonne Most císaře Františka I. Malá Strana

8. Švejk as a malingerer (3)

Piešťany Hradčany Siam

9. Švejk in the garrison prison (7)

Motol Břevnov North America Argentina South America Slovakia Libeň

11. Švejk rides with the field chaplain to serve a field mass (13)

New Guinea Polynesia Spain Bremen English Channel Mödling Zhoř Chotěboř Zambezi Buryatia Mongolia Wyandotte Posázaví

12. A religious debate (11)

Cognac Nová Paka Nová Paka náměstí Cologne Japan Moselle Vlašim Benešov Australia Lourdes Gotthard Pass

13. Švejk goes to provide the last rites (11)

Dlouhá třída Žižkov Malešice Bordeaux Drina Rawa Ruska Carpathians Českomoravská vysočina Carthage Mount Pelée Martinique

15. Catastrophe (8)

Zillergut Herzogtum Salzburg Na Příkopě Panská ulice Náchod Prašná brána Ohře Nekázanka

Afterword to the first volume, "In the rear" (1)

North Bohemia

II. At the front

1. Švejk's mishaps on the train (17)

Mediterranean Sea Montenegro Styria Leoben Maribor Sankt Moritz Tábor Uhříněves Hostivař Svitava Stará brána Zdolbunov Szeged Čáslav Na Bojišti Kateřinská ulice Poland

4. New afflictions (10)

Debrecen Királyhida district Pressburg Eger Jericho Moravská Ostrava Hamburg Vyšehrad railway bridge Berlin Westbahnhof Velké Popovice

III. The famous thrashing

	IV. The famous thrashing continued
	2. Spiritual consolation

Zlíchov

Zlíchov is pulled into the story by Švejk when he tells Feldkurat Martinec he knows smoke like the distillery in Zlíchov.

Background

Zlíchov is a small district of Prague, situated on the western bank of the Vltava south of Smíchov. Švejk refers to the distillery (lihovar) shown on the picture.