<p><b>Skamlingsbanken</b> is a large hill located in <a href="/pages/w/145705782173014">Vejstrup Parish</a>, <a href="/pages/w/104051409630912">Jutland</a>, Denmark, between <a href="/pages/w/104005476302244">Kolding</a> and <a href="/pages/w/108727855819080">Christiansfeld</a>. With a peak rising to above sea level, it is the highest point in <a href="/pages/w/133405693357401">Southern Jutland</a>.</p><p>The bank of the hill is long and was created during the ice age with clay pushed up the <a href="/pages/w/142321639117956">Little Belt</a> Strait from a nearby <a href="/pages/w/109503279069414">glacier</a>. Several major historic public meetings took place here during and after the disputes over the territory of <a href="/pages/w/112473085431436">Schleswig-Holstein</a>. When peace returned, there was an exchange of territories between the <a href="/pages/w/142449002433765">kingdom</a> and the <a href="/pages/w/108416709178739">Duchy of Southern Jutland</a>. As a result, eight non-Jutland parishes in the northern part of <a href="/pages/w/145705782173014">Tyrstrup Herred</a>, including Vejstrup Parish, were transferred to the kingdom and Skamlingsbanken thereafter fell within the borders of Denmark.</p><h2>Geology</h2><p>Skamlingsbanken is a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moraine%23Lateral_moraines" class="wikipedia">lateral moraine</a> formed at the beginning of the <a href="/pages/w/104391656301525">Wisconsin glaciation</a> period, approximately 22,000 - 25,000 years ago, although other glaciers came through later from the east and south, forming Skamlingsbanken and the large hills and rugged terrain south of Kolding. From <i>Højskamling</i> the landscape falls steeply eastwards and ends up in a cove at Mosvig. To the west, the landscape drops to a level height of around above sea level and continues all the way to the <a href="/pages/w/104051409630912">Jutland</a> ridgeway.</p>