Hohøj

The hill itself is 110 m high. Before the surrounding plantations grew up, 75 church towers could be counted from the top of the mound, among them the spire of Viborg Cathedral. Many tall trees were felled in 2015, and there is now a view over Mariager Fjord. South-east of the building on Hohøj stands a stone unveiled on 4 July 1920 in memory of the Reunification of 1920. Fifty metres west of Hohøj lies Lushøj, where the Blicher stone is raised.

The hill is known for its historic public meetings, including constitution-day meetings. In 1846 Steen Steensen Blicher, a priest in Spentrup parish, planned a public meeting on Hohøj on the model of the Himmelbjerg meetings, but it was not held because of his failing health. The first Hohøj meeting took place in 1912, with Jeppe Aakjær as speaker. He argued that a memorial stone to Blicher ought to be raised at the place, and in 1919 Aakjær unveiled the stone, inscribed with Blicher's poem Jyden han er stærk og sej. The poet Nis Petersen also had a connection to the mound and wrote the Hohøj poems in the collection Nattens Pibere.

The first constitution-day meeting was held on Hohøj in 1913. Between the two world wars the meetings developed into a large popular festival; Prime Minister Thorvald Stauning spoke there in 1931 and 1932. Meetings later declined, and in 1990 the Hohøj committee, which owns Hohøj and its surroundings and is closely linked to the party Radikale Venstre, decided that they should be held again.