Putim is a municipality and village in PÃÂsek District in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 600 inhabitants. The village centre is well preserved and is protected as a village monument zone.
The name is derived from the personal name Putim, meaning "Putim's (court)".
Putim is located about south of PÃÂsek and northwest of ÃÂeské BudÃÂjovice. It lies in the ÃÂeské BudÃÂjovice Basin. The highest point is the hill Zubovský vrch above sea level. The village is situated on the right bank of the Blanice River, on the shore of the fishpond PodkostelnàrybnÃÂk.
Historically, the spot was inhabited sporadically first by Celtic tribes (2nd century BCE), then by Romans (1st century) and then subsequently by old Slavs during the 8th century. Since the 11th century, the area of the settlement has been permanently occupied. The first written mention of Putim is in a document from 1205, which mentions an older document probably from the period 1148âÂÂ1158. In the 13th century, Putim became a property of the town of PÃÂsek.
Putim is located on the railway lines ÃÂeské BudÃÂjoviceâÂÂPÃÂsek and TáborâÂÂStrakonice.
The main landmark of Putim is the Church of Saint Lawrence. It is an early Gothic building from the second half of the 13th century. There are several valuable houses built in the folk baroque style.
In one chapter of the novel The Good Soldier à  vejk the author describes how à  vejk in Putim meets up with a local gendarmerie officer, who is constantly drunk and who mistakes à  vejk for a Russian spy. The first statue of à  vejk in the Czech Republic was unveiled in Putim in 2014.
Putim was also nationwide popularized by the novel of Jindà Âich à  imon Baar Jan Cimbura.