Gudhem Abbey

The monastery Gudhem was a nunnery, about seven kilometers north of the Swedish city Falköping on the outskirts of Gudhem.

Middle of the 12th century a nunnery was founded in Gudhem, which belonged to Zisterzienersorden and was under the supervision of the nearby monastery Varnhem. With the entrance of the Queens widow Katarina after the death of King Erik the lisping and the lame, the recovery of the monastery began. The monastery was built, the abbey church rebuilt, enlarged and provided with selected stone carvings.

During the Reformation, the monastery was abandoned. 1529 was the convent building destroyed by fire. Some years later it was awarded with its related materiel as a fief. The ruined monastery was subsequently used as a quarry, including expand to the nearby court.

Between 1928 and 1969 the ruins of the monastery were excavated and preserved.

Immediately next to the former monastery is the church of Gudhem.