Ejer Bavnehøj (also spelled Ejer Baunehøj) is the third-highest natural point in

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(170.35 m).

Geography

It lies in the southern part of

Skanderborg municipality Skanderborg Municipality is a municipality ( Danish, '' kommune'') in Region Midtjylland on the Jutland peninsula in central Denmark, just southwest of Aarhus. It has an area of 429.17 km², and has a population of 61,974 (1 January 2019). ...

, between the villages of Riis and

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. At its summit is a 13 m tall tower, built in 1924, commemorating the reunion of the south of

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with the rest of Denmark after the

First World War World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

. Close to Ejer Bavnehøj lies

Yding Skovhøj Yding Skovhøj in Horsens municipality, Jutland is one of Denmark's highest points. Features Its height is 172.54 m above sea level when the height of one of the Bronze Age burial mounds built on the top of the hill is included. If these ...

, another high point, with a height of 172.66 m above sea level but this includes a human built

Bronze Age The Bronze Age is a historic period, lasting approximately from 3300 BC to 1200 BC, characterized by the use of bronze, the presence of writing in some areas, and other early features of urban civilization. The Bronze Age is the second pri ...

burial mound Burial, also known as interment or inhumation, is a method of final disposition whereby a dead body is placed into the ground, sometimes with objects. This is usually accomplished by excavating a pit or trench, placing the deceased and objec ...

. Without the Bronze Age mound Yding Skovhøj is a little lower than Denmark's highest non-man-made point,

Møllehøj Møllehøj is the highest natural pointFor comparison, the tallest man-made structure in Denmark is the Tommerup Transmitter, which stands 321m or 1045ft high. in Denmark at . Geography Møllehøj is in the Ejerbjerge hills in Skanderborg m ...

, which is 170.86 m high, 51 cm higher than Ejer Bavnehøj.

History

Historically Ejer Bavnehøj was mostly known as a site for a beacon where signal-fires were lit in order to warn the military and local population if the enemy were on the way. The second part of the name, "Bavnehøj", can literally be translated into "Beacon Hill" ( meaning "beacon" and , from the

Old Norse Old Norse, Old Nordic, or Old Scandinavian, is a stage of development of North Germanic languages, North Germanic dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages. Old Norse was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and t ...

word ''haugr'', meaning hill).

References

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