Several times in the historical past (e.g. in 1650 and 1704) the whole village was destroyed by fire, and two nearby rivers, the Blanice and the Otava, also caused frequent floodings.
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In one chapter of the novel The Good Soldier Švejk the author describes how Švejk meets up with a local gendarmerie officer, who is constantly drunk and who mistakes Švejk for a Russian spy.