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

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, at above sea level.

Geography

Ejer Bavnehøj lies in the southern part of

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, between the villages of Riis and Ejer. At its summit is a tall tower, built in 1924, commemorating the reunion of the south of

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with the rest of Denmark after the

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. Close to Ejer Bavnehøj lies Yding Skovhøj, another high point, with a height of above sea level but this includes a human built

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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, which is high, 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, also referred to as Old Nordic or Old Scandinavian, was 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 ...

word ''haugr'', meaning hill).

References

External links

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