The novel The Good Soldier Švejk refers to a number of institutions and firms, public as private. These have until 15 September 2013 been categorised as 'Places'. This only partly makes sense as this type of entity can not be always be associated with fixed geographical point, in the way that for instance cities, mountains and rivers can. This new page contains military and civilian institutions (including army units, regiments etc.), hotels, public houses, newspapers and magazines.
The line between this page and "Places" is blurred, but the idea with this section is to include entities that are not necessarily located on a fixed spot on earth. Therefore Prague and Vienna will still be found in the "Places" database, because these have constant co-ordinates. On the other hand institutions may change location: Kriegsministerium and U kalicha are not unequivocal geographical terms so they will from now on appear on this page.
The Good Soldier Švejk index of institutions mentioned in the novel (185)
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I. In the rear
14. Švejk as military servant to senior lieutenant Lukáš (14)
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| Apolinářská 443/20, Praha II | |||||
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Kostel svatého Apolináře is mentioned in the narrative because the servant from church was at U kalicha when Švejk dropped by the pub after his final release from Policejní ředitelství. This was probably on 29 July 1914 because Austria-Hungary had just declared war on Serbia.
Background
Kostel svatého Apolináře is a church in Nové město Prague's new town, also known as Praha II. which is located only a few hundred meters from U kalicha. It was built in the 15th century and named after Apollinaris of Ravenna.
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- Kostel sv. Apolináře na Větrově
- Gotische Schmuckfresken und verstummte Orgel
- Adresář královského hlavního města Prahy a obcí sousedních, 1906
Quote from the novel
[1.6] Ve výčepu panovalo hrobové ticho. Sedělo tam několik hostů, mezi nimi kostelník od sv. Apolináře.
Also written:Church of Saint Apollinaire en Apollinarkirche de
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| Korunní tř. 588/6, Kral. Vinohrady-Julius Myslík [1912] | |||||
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Věstník volné myšlenky, 1910
Karel Pelant. Volná myšlenka, 1.2.1925
Volná myšlenka is mentioned in when Palivec cries out in court: "Long live Free thought!". This is what Mrs. Palivcová tells Švejk when he returns to U kalicha after having been released at the time war broke out.
Background
Volná myšlenka was an association of freethinkers, an anticlerical an atheist movement that appeared in many countries in the 19th century. The best known freethinker internationally was Francesc Ferrer i Guàrdia (1859-1909).
The Czech organisation was founded in 1904, and provisionally dissolved in 1915. The best known representative of the Czech organisation was Machar, chairman from 1909. The organization also published a monthly periodical of the same name. Their most immediate goal was separation of state and church.
Karel Pelant (1874 - 1925) was one of the founders of the Czech section and this was a person Hašek knew well. Zdeněk Matěj Kuděj describes a meeting between the two in Plzeň in 1913 that was arranged after Pelant,at the time editor of the weekly Směr, owed him money for a few stories he had written.
Pelant is also mentioned in connection with Strana mírného pokroku v mezích zákona "The party of moderate progress within the bounds of the law", a satirical party founded by Hašek. . He is also listed as publishers of the organization's monthly.
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[1.6] Já jsem se tak lekla toho příbuzenského poměru, aby snad ještě z toho něco nebylo, tak jsem se vzdala svědectví a on chudák stará se tak na mne podíval, do smrti na ty jeho oči nezapomenu. A potom, po rozsudku, když ho odváděli, vykřik jim tam na chodbě, jak byl z toho cele] pitomej: ,Ať žije Volná myšlenka!`
| Mimosa | | |||
| Havelská ul. 496/31, Praha I-Antonín Růžicka [1913] | |||||
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Národní Politika, 27.2.1913
Mimosa is mentioned because the doorman who had occupied Švejks room worked here.
Background
Mimosa was a well known night café that doesn't exist any more. The Czech-Jewish reporter Egon Erwin Kisch Austrian, later Czechoslovak journalist and writer (1885-1948), of Jewish descent, known as the "raging reporter". Knew Hašek personally. set the plot of his novel "Das Mädchenhirt" here. In the address book of 1910 another café is listed at number 496/31: U Hvězdičky tři zlaté, but already in 1913 newspaper advert locates Mimosa here. The café offered music and entertainment.
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Source: Jaroslav Šerák Czech Hašek-expert, owner and editor of Virtuální muzeum Jaroslava Haška. Publisher of a compilation of Hašek's poems. Since 2009 in close cooperation with the owner of this web site, and content is regularly exchanged and inter-linked. , Radko Pytlík Prominent Czech literary historian (1928-), leading expert on Hašek, author of numerous books and articles about the author of Švejk. Considered the foremost authority on Hašek, his life and writing.
Quote from the novel
[1.6] Když si bral límeček a skládal kravatu, vzpamatoval se již do té míry, že mohl ujistit Švejka, že noční kavárna „Mimosa“ jest opravdu jedna z nejslušnějších nočních místností, kam mají přístup jedině dámy, které mají policejní knížku v úplném pořádku, a zval Švejka srdečně, aby přišel na návštěvu.
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