Falbygden
Falbygden is a geographical area, centered at the town of Falköping in Västergötland, in southwestern Sweden, and covered mostly by farmland. Most of the area belongs to Falköping Municipality and the west part of Tidaholm Municipality. In mediaeval times the area belonged to the hundreds Frökind, Gudhem, Vartofta, and Vilske. It is known for its geology, flora and megalithic culture.
Neolithic period in Falbygden[]
The Neolithic passage grave Girommen at Ekornavallen, Hornborga parish, Falbygden
A passage grave in Vårkumla parish
The passage grave Kyrkerör in Falköping
1994 archaeological excavation of the passage grave Hjälmarsrör
Neolithic thin-butted flint axe, 45.8 cm long, from Segerstad
Iron Age[]
Replica of the Pre Roman Iron Age found in a bog on the table mountain Gerumsberget, Falbygden
Migration Period golden collar from the slopes of the table mountain Ålleberg
A Migration Period fibula from Trävattna, western part of Falbygden
Golden throat of a Migration Period scabbard from Finnestorp on the western border of Falbygden
The Dimbo gravefield is the largest Iron Age necropolis in Västergötland.
Mediaeval Falbygden[]
The Falbygden area has many mediaeval churches, since almost every parish in the area had a Romanesque church built in the late 11th, 12th, or early 13th century.
Ruin of the Romanesque rotunda, Agnestad church, just outside Falköping, Falbygden
Gökhem Church is a Romanesque church with apse, dated to 1077.
Suntak old church, another Romanesque church in Falbygden
Romanesque church window in Marka church
Romanesque tomb at the mediaeval church of Kinneved
Romanesque grave slab from Kvinnevad church
Drawing of Romanesque grave slab from Suntak old church
Ruins of Gudhem Abbey
Kungslena church
Late mediaeval ceiling paintings from Gökhem Church
Museums in Falbygden[]
Åsle Tå, Falbygden
Alphems Arboretum, a garden near Floby in the western part of Falbygden
First issue of Falbygden, a periodical for local history, 1927
Falbygden Museum in Falköping
Reconstructed Bronze Age houses at the Ekehagen prehistoric village in the southern part of Falbygden
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).
- Geography of Västra Götaland County