Družec is a municipality and village in Kladno District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,100 inhabitants.

Družec
Municipality
Družec from the Calvary Rock
Flag Coat of arms
Družec Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 50°6′11″N 14°2′44″E
Country	Czech Republic
Region	Central Bohemian
District	Kladno
First mentioned	1320
Area
• Total	7.12 km2 (2.75 sq mi)
Elevation	375 m (1,230 ft)
Population  (2022-01-01)[1]
• Total	1,052
• Density	150/km2 (380/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	273 62
Website	www.obecdruzec.cz

Geography

Družec is located about 6 kilometres (4 mi) southwest of Kladno and 20 km (12 mi) west of Prague. It lies in the Křivoklát Highlands on the Loděnice River .

History

The first written mention of Družec is from 1320.[2]

Transport

The D6 motorway from Prague to Karlovy Vary runs through the northern part of the municipality.

Sights

The pilgrimage Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary was first mentioned in 1352. The originally Gothic church was rebuilt in the Baroque style in 1688–1689.[3]

Next to the church there is a sandstone Marian column from 1674 and a man-sized menhir called Zkamenělec ("Man-turned-into-stone"), surrounded with legends of a punished perjurer.[4]

Gallery

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  Church of the Assumption
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  Marian column from 1674 next to the church
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  Zkamenělec Stone
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  Calvary of Družec

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Družec.

• Official website (in Czech)

На других языках

[de] Družec