About the name
The name Møn or Møen was recorded for the first time in 1135. The name probably originates from the old Danish word 'mo', which means the existence of chalk.
Timeline
The Cretaceous period, 70 million BC:
Skeletons of the algae and other aquatic ani-mals of the Cretaceous seas form the basis of Møns Klint.
Ice Age, approximately 12,000 BC:
The cliff arises as layers of chalk are pushed to-gether by the ice.
Bronze Age,1800 BC:
The first burial mounds are built in Klinteskoven.
Approximately 800-500 BC.:
Timmesø Bjerg was a refuge.
1793:
Liselund Palace is built
1980:
The state purchases 440 hectares of Høje Møn. The area is designated an area of outstanding natural beauty in 1983.
2007:
Store Taler slides into the sea at one of the most significant slides of recent times. The Queen opens GeoCenter Møns Klint