Družec

Družec
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 / 50.10306°N 14.04556°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 (2020-01-01)
• Total	1,078
• Density	150/km2 (390/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	273 62
Website	www.obecdruzec.cz

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

Geography

Družec lies located on the Loděnice stream about 27 km west of Prague and 6 km southwest of Kladno. R6 expressway from Prague to Karlovy Vary runs just north of the municipality.

Sights

Pilgrimage Church of the Assumption of Virgin Mary, partially surrounded with an old churchyard, dates back to first half of 14th century, but it was later (mainly in 1690s) rebuilt in Baroque style. Next to the church there is a sandstone Marian column from 1674 and a man-sized stone called Zkamenělec ("Man-turned-into-stone"), surrounded with legends of a punished perjurer or blasphemer.