Bavnehøj

Bavnehøj is a hill in Skanderborg, Central Jutland and has an elevation of 112 metres. Bavnehøj is situated nearby to the village Nørre Vissing, as well as near the neighborhood Korsvej.

Type: Hill with an elevation of 112 metres
Description: hill in Denmark
Also known as: “Bavnehoj”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ravnsø and Sophiendal.

Ravnsø

Lake

Photo: RobertKlujeff, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Ravnsø is a lake, which is situated 3 km south of Bavnehøj.

Sophiendal

Manor estate

Photo: Nico-dk, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Sophiendal is a manor estate, which is situated 3 km southeast of Bavnehøj.

Veng Church

Church

Photo: Bococo, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Veng Church is situated 3½ km southeast of Bavnehøj.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Låsby and Galten.

Låsby is a town in the province of Jutland in Denmark with a population of 2,059. It is situated on the main road between Silkeborg and Aarhus. The town was the location of the flagship property of Det Blå Marked, a chain of Danish antique markets, and which was a major tourist attraction, bringing in over half a million visitors to the town every year. Låsby is situated 3 km northwest of Bavnehøj.

Galten

Village

Photo: Leif Køhler Jensen, Public domain.

Galten is a former railway town in central Denmark, at the Aarhus-Hammel-Thorsø railroad which was closed in 1956. The town is located in Skanderborg Municipality, Region Midtjylland, Jutland – about 17 kilometres – west of Aarhus and is now more or less a satellite town of Aarhus. Galten is situated 4½ km northeast of Bavnehøj.

Ry

Village

Photo: Carsten Wiehe, CC BY 3.0.

Ry is a town with a population of 7,750 in central Denmark, located in Skanderborg municipality in Jutland. The town sprouted up around a railway station 5 km east of the older town of Rye which is now much smaller than Ry. Ry is situated 7 km southwest of Bavnehøj.

Bavnehøj

Category: landform
Location: Skanderborg, Central Jutland, Denmark, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude

56.13315° or 56° 7′ 59″ north

Longitude

9.84464° or 9° 50′ 41″ east

Elevation

112 metres (367 feet)

Open location code

9F8F4RMV+7V

GeoNames ID

2624230

Wikidata ID

Q23750413

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Bavnehøj” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Bavnehøj”
Danish: “Bavnehøj”
Dutch: “Bavnehøj (kulle i Danmark, Region Mittjylland, lat 56,13, long 9,84)”
Swedish: “Bavnehøj”

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