Editing Gudme

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|name                         = Gudme
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|image_caption                = Gudme Church
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|pushpin_map_caption          = Location in Region of Southern Denmark
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|subdivision_name1            = Denmark
|subdivision_type2            = [[Regions of Denmark|Region]]
|subdivision_name2            = [[Region of Southern Denmark|Southern Denmark]]
|subdivision_type3            = [[Municipalities of Denmark|Municipality]]
|subdivision_name3            = [[Svendborg Municipality]]
|population_footnotes         = <ref name="pop"/>
|population_as_of             = 2024
|population                   = 925
|timezone                     = [[Central European Time|CET]]
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'''Gudme''' is a town in central Denmark with a population of 925 (1 January 2024),<ref name="pop">[https://m.statbank.dk/TableInfo/BY3?lang=en BY3: population 1 January, by urban areas] The Mobile Database from [[Statistics Denmark]]</ref> located in [[Svendborg municipality]] on the island of [[Funen]] in [[Region of Southern Denmark]]. Until 1 January 2007, it was the site of the municipal council of the now former [[Gudme municipality]].

==History==
Gudme was an important site during the [[Iron Age]]. Numerous archeological finds dating from the 3rd to the 6th century have been made here; they include large amounts of gold treasure and the remains of what is assumed to have been a royal palace.<ref>{{cite web | title=Gudme – gold, gods and people | website=National Museum of Denmark | url=https://en.natmus.dk/historical-knowledge/denmark/prehistoric-period-until-1050-ad/the-late-iron-age/gudme-gold-gods-and-people/ | access-date=29 July 2024}}</ref> [[Bracteates]] were produced at the site during that period, indicating a [[shamanic]] culture in Gudme.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Niles |first1=John |title=Hawks, Horses, and Huns: "The Impact of Peoples of the Steppe on the Folk Cultures of Northern Europe" |journal=Western Folklore |date=Spring 2016 |volume=75 |issue=2 |page=152 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/44790910 |access-date=15 April 2021}}</ref> The name of the town means "gods' home", leading to the assumption that it was an important religious site as well.<ref>{{cite web | title=Gudme | website=Førkristne kultpladser | url=http://vikingekult.natmus.dk/en/foerkristne-kultpladser/noeglepladserne/gudme/ | language=da | access-date=29 July 2024}}</ref>

==Sports==
Gudme is most famous for its [[handball]] team, [[GOG Gudme]], which is one of the most successful teams ever in Denmark.{{citation needed|date=February 2025}}

== Notable people ==
* [[Hannibal Sehested (council president)|Hannibal Sehested]] (1842 in Gudme – 1924) a Danish landowner and [[Council President (Denmark)]] 1900/1901

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.svendborg.dk Svendborg municipality]

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[[Category:Cities and towns in the Region of Southern Denmark]]
[[Category:Archaeological sites in Denmark]]
[[Category:Svendborg Municipality]]
[[Category:Populated places in Funen]]


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