| Družec | |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Central Bohemian |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Kladno |
| Pushpin Map: | Czech Republic |
| Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the Czech Republic |
| Coordinates: | 50.1031°N 14.0456°W |
| Established Title: | First mentioned |
| Established Date: | 1320 |
| Area Total Km2: | 7.12 |
| Elevation M: | 375 |
| Population As Of: | 2024-01-01 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 1077 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | CET |
| Utc Offset1: | +1 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 273 62 |
Družec is a municipality and village in Kladno District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,100 inhabitants.
The name was originally written as Družeč and was derived from the personal name Družec, meaning "Družec's (court)".[2]
Družec is located about 6km (04miles) southwest of Kladno and 20km (10miles) west of Prague. It lies in the Křivoklát Highlands. The highest point is the Dojka hill at 445m (1,460feet) above sea level. The Loděnice River flows through the municipality.
The first written mention of Družec is from 1320.[3]
The D6 motorway from Prague to Karlovy Vary runs through the northern part of the municipality.
The main landmark of Družec is the Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. It is a pilgrimage church, first mentioned in 1352. The originally Gothic church was rebuilt in the Baroque style in 1688–1689.[4]
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.[5]