Falbygden

Falbygden is a geographical area, centered at the town of Falköping in Västergötland, in southwestern

Neolithic period in Falbygden

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  The Neolithic passage grave Girommen at Ekornavallen, Hornborga parish, Falbygden
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  A passage grave in Vårkumla parish
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  The passage grave Kyrkerör in Falköping
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  1994 archaeological excavation of the passage grave Hjälmarsrör
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  Neolithic thin-butted flint axe, 45.8 cm long, from Segerstad

Iron Age

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  Replica of the Pre Roman Iron Age Gerum Cape found in a bog on the table mountain Gerumsberget, Falbygden
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  Migration Period golden collar from the slopes of the table mountain Ålleberg
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  A Migration Period fibula from Trävattna, western part of Falbygden
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  Golden throat of a Migration Period scabbard from Finnestorp on the western border of Falbygden
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  The Dimbo gravefield is the largest Iron Age necropolis in Västergötland.

Medieval Falbygden

The Falbygden area has many medieval churches, since almost every parish in the area had a Romanesque church built in the late 11th, 12th, or early 13th century.

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  Ruin of the Romanesque rotunda, Agnestad church, just outside Falköping, Falbygden
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  Gökhem Church is a Romanesque church with apse, dated to 1077.
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  Suntak old church, another Romanesque church in Falbygden
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  Romanesque church window in Marka church
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  Romanesque tomb at the medieval church of Kinneved
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  Romanesque grave slab from Kvinnevad church
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  Drawing of Romanesque grave slab from Suntak old church
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  Ruins of Gudhem Abbey
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  Kungslena church
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  Late medieval ceiling paintings from Gökhem Church

Museums in Falbygden

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  Åsle Tå, Falbygden
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  Alphems Arboretum, a garden near Floby in the western part of Falbygden
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  First issue of Falbygden, a periodical for local history, 1927
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  Falbygden Museum in Falköping
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  Reconstructed Bronze Age houses at the Ekehagen prehistoric village in the southern part of Falbygden
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  Dalén Museum in Stenstorp

General sources

• Falbygdens Hembygds- och Fornminnesförening, Falbygden (1927-) periodical.
• Falbygdens museum, Forntid på Falbygden (1995).
• Falbygdens museum, se spåren på Falbygden - ....och tusen år till - fortsätter i landskapet (2000).

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