Psohlavci in real life: places of the Chod uprising

Alois Jirásek’s historical novel Psohlavci (The Dogheads), serialised from 1884 and published as a book in 1886, tells of the Chods who guarded Bohemia’s border with Bavaria, their leader Jan Sladký Kozina and the lord they defied – Lomikar. Both men really lived, and you can visit the places of their story.

Here is 1 monument from the novel on Pamatky.cz, plus more places in the Chod region.

The Chod region

• Trhanov Château in the book: Lomikar’s château documented (page in Czech)
  In the novel Lomikar is the lord who denies the Chods their old privileges. Before his execution Kozina foretells that within a year they will both stand before God’s judgement – Jirásek wrote down the best-known version of this legend.

More places in the Chod region

• Újezd near Domažlice – birthplace of Jan Sladký Kozina (10 September 1652).
• Hrádek near Újezd – the Jirásek memorial to the Chod resistance.
• The Chod Castle in Domažlice – founded by Ottokar II, home of the Chod Museum since the 1930s.
• Plzeň – where Kozina was hanged on 28 November 1695.

Updated 29 October 2026.