The bank of the hill is 2 to 3 kilometres (1.2 to 1.9 mi) long and was created during the ice age with clay pushed up the Little Belt Strait from a nearby glacier.

Botanically similar to South Jutland,[1] common plants in the area between Skamlingsbanken and Grønninghoved include wax hat, low thistle and hawthorn.

He went on to explain that the patriotic men of his district had decided to celebrate on 14 May, to commemorate the royal decree introducing the Danish language in a number of public offices.

The surprised and enthusiastic participants immediately created a committee which would collect the 440 silver Thaler required to purchase the hill, which was raised within a few weeks.

Later on, the Højskamlings banner was consecrated, with a speech by teacher A. C. Abbey from Moltrup and the rest of the day continued with songs, music, disc shooting and dancing.

[3] The previous evening, a steamer with 120 citizens from Copenhagen arrived, including N. F. S. Grundtvig, Orla Lehmann, Carl Ploug and Meïr Aron Goldschmidt.

Carl Ploug was in the audience and it is probably this speech he refers to when he later writes about the peasant who says:[4] ... from South Jutland High, thousands listened, staring as scintillating starlight thoughts flew, as words rattled like swords.

The next speaker was N. F. S. Grundtvig, who ended his speech with a prophecy:[4] Northern Schleswig-Holstein inhabitants continued to speak Danish, it must be after centuries of history, the main abstracts of your giant story.

Hiort Lorenzen then walked on to the podium, to talk about the United States Declaration of Independence[4] as he had chosen 4 July as the date for this Skamlingsbanken Meeting.

Among the speakers was Laurids Skau, Steen Steensen Blicher Frederik Barfod [da] and Carl Ploug, whose speech was suppressed by censors in Denmark, but was reported in Swedish magazines.

[4] People continued to hold meetings and parties at Skamlingsbanken on different occasions and[2] a small cafe was built in 1868 to accommodate the numerous visitors.

Following World War I and before the official 1920 reunification of Denmark and Schleswig, a great country reunion party was held on Sunday 13 July 1919.

Magister Viggo Bierring first welcomed everybody, then Professor Ellinger celebrated the fallen of the war, whereupon everyone stood up and bared their heads while the royal conductor Georg Høeberg performed Jutland between two seas.

[4] The Danish atmosphere was maintained by Tenna Frederiksen, who sang I went out one summer's day and Drachmanns song about the girls of South Jutland.

[4] One week after the reunion celebration, Danish youth associations held their annual rally on Skamlingsbanken where Jacob Appel Kloppenborg-Skrumsager and Bishop Ludwig discussed church affairs.

Extra trains, each with 15 carriages, were laid on to cope with the large gathering of people while additional steamers operated at full speed.

[4] The day began with a rendition of Kongesangen, with everyone standing, then later Der er et yndigt land was sung and everyone bared their head.

After a speech from the president of the border guard union, teacher Peter Marcussen from Tønder, joined H. P. Hansen at the podium and received long applause.

He talked about the past history of Skamlingsbanken meetings and quoted Laurids Skau's words;[4] It is lions, and not monkeys that are jumping to take up Danish arms.

Moderator J. Kronika expressed his opinion thus, "We should today unite as in the promise of 1845 on unbreakable foster-brotherhood of assertiveness by Danish law to the ultimate benefit of the northern peoples."

Later there were other speakers including the teacher Inger Enemark, priest Birger Tønnesen from Oslo, and attorney Karling from Malmo.

[5] A number of prominent individuals and officials have all made speeches at Skamlingsbanken, including N. F. S. Grundtvig, Laurids Skau, Orla Lehmann and Anders Fogh Rasmussen.

There is a 16-metre (52 ft) tall memorial column dedicated to 18 people who have contributed to the Danish cause in Schleswig-Holstein on Skamlingsbanken's highest point, the Højskamling.

Stonemason Kleving immediately began work on the monument which subsequently only stood for five months before its destruction on 21 March 1864 by occupying Prussian forces during the 2nd Schleswig War.

[2] The Prussians had difficulty destroying the monument, and after several unsuccessful attempts forced a local stonemason to drill blasting holes into the stone.

Klokkestablen [da], a memorial to the 100 fallen resistance fighters of South Jutland during World War II also stands at Skamlingsbanken.

[2] Every day the bell sounds the Prince Jørgens March, which was used during the German occupation to introduce Danish language radio broadcasts from the BBC in London.