Falbygden

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A passage grave in Luttra in Falbygden, Sweden.

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

[edit] Neolithic period in Falbygden

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

[edit] Iron Age

A replica of the Pre Roman Iron Age Gerum Cape found in a bog upon the table mountain Gerumsberget, Falbygden.
A Migration Period golden collar from the slopes of the table mountain Ålleberg, Falbygden.
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 larges Iron Age necropole in Västergötland.

[edit] Mediaeval Falbygden

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

The ruin of the Romanesque rotunda, the Church of Agnestad just outside Falköping, Falbygden.
The Church of Gökhem in Falbygden is a Romanesque church with apse. The church is dated to the year 1077.
The old Church of Suntak is another Romanesque church in Falbygden.
A Romanesque church window in the Church of Marka, Falbygden.
A Romanesque tomb at the mediaeval church of Kinneved, Falbygden.
A Romanesque grave slab from the Church of Kinneved, Falbygden.
A Romanesque grave slab from the old Church of Suntak, Falbygden.
The ruins of Gudhem Abbey, Falbygden.
The Church of Kungslena, Falbygden.
Late Mediaeval ceiling paintings from the Church of Gökhem, Falbygden.

[edit] Museums in Falbygden

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