Møllehøj

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Møllehøj

Møllehøj seen from the tower on Ejer Bavnehøj, the highest point is obscured by the farm buildings
Elevation 170.86 m (561 ft)
Location
Møllehøj is located in Denmark
Møllehøj
Location of Møllehøj in Denmark
Location Skanderborg municipality,  Denmark
Coordinates 55°58′37.88″N 9°49′34.42″E / 55.9771889°N 9.8262278°E / 55.9771889; 9.8262278Coordinates: 55°58′37.88″N 9°49′34.42″E / 55.9771889°N 9.8262278°E / 55.9771889; 9.8262278
The millstone marking the top of Møllehøj

Møllehøj is the highest natural point in Denmark at 170.86 m (561 ft). It is in the Ejerbjerge hills in Skanderborg municipality, very close to Ejer Bavnehøj. The summit is marked with a millstone, a remnant of Ejer mill which was situated on the hill from 1838 to 1917. The mill had 8 sides and had an onion-shaped roof.

New measurements made in February 2005 showed that Møllehøj was higher than both Yding Skovhøj (172.66 m including a Bronze Age burial mound on its summit, 170.77 m without) in Horsens municipality or Ejer Bavnehøj which had both been thought higher. These two highpoints' natural heights are however respectively 9 and 51 cm lower than Møllehøj. It was officially recognised as Denmark's highest point in 2005.


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