Gökhem Church
The Gökhem Church is located about eight kilometers west of the town of Falköping in Sweden .
In the middle of the 12th century, a Romanesque church with a nave , choir and semicircular apse was built in Gökhem . The church, originally provided with a wooden ceiling and roof structure, was rebuilt in 1485, whereby the current vaulted ceiling was bricked. Two years later, the ceiling paintings, which the church is famous for today, were created. It is very likely that they can be traced back to Master Amund . The church has a free-standing wooden bell tower with two bells, the older of which dates from the 14th century.
About 150 meters east of the church are the ruins of a second medieval church from the 12th century. When asked why there were two churches so close together in this place, there are two explanations. One theory is that the second church belonged to a larger medieval courtyard. According to a second theory, monks who belonged to the English and German missions settled here and built their own churches. This is supported by the fact that the choir of the second church was closed off by a straight wall, as is common in England, while the semicircular apse of the church of Gökhem is due to German influence. It is also known that the first priests of the church were monks from Skara .
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Ceiling paintings from the 15th century
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Coordinates: 58 ° 10 ′ 26 ″ N , 13 ° 24 ′ 28 ″ E