Английская Википедия:Družec
Шаблон:Infobox settlement Družec is a municipality and village in Kladno District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,100 inhabitants.
Etymology
The name was originally written as Družeč and was derived from the personal name Družec, meaning "Družec's (court)".[1]
Geography
Družec is located about Шаблон:Convert southwest of Kladno and Шаблон:Convert west of Prague. It lies in the Křivoklát Highlands. The Loděnice River flows through the municipality.
History
The first written mention of Družec is from 1320.[2]
Demographics
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
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