Akunnaat | |
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Coordinates: 63°03′00″N 50°24′36″W / 63.05000°N 50.41000°W | |
State | Kingdom of Denmark |
Constituent country | Greenland |
Municipality | Sermersooq |
Time zone | UTC-03 |
Akunnaat (older spelling: Akúnât) is a former community in southern Greenland on the island of Akonemiok [1] or Qeqertarsuatsiaat, [2] [3] 3 miles (4.8 km) from the trading post of Fisher's Inlet ( Danish: Fiskernæsset, the modern settlement of Qeqertarsuatsiaat).
The settlement was founded as the Moravian mission of Lichtenfels (variously translated from the German as "Light Rock", [1] "Light of the Rock", [4] or "Rock of Light" [5]) by Matthias Stach, the brothers Jens and Peter Haven, [6] and four Inuit families in 1748, [7] 1754, [1] 1757, [6] or 1758. [8] Following the first conversions in 1760 [8] or 1761, [6] the population of the settlement rose to around 300. [8] The mission was surrendered to the Lutheran Church of Denmark in 1900. [9]
Akunnaat | |
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Coordinates: 63°03′00″N 50°24′36″W / 63.05000°N 50.41000°W | |
State | Kingdom of Denmark |
Constituent country | Greenland |
Municipality | Sermersooq |
Time zone | UTC-03 |
Akunnaat (older spelling: Akúnât) is a former community in southern Greenland on the island of Akonemiok [1] or Qeqertarsuatsiaat, [2] [3] 3 miles (4.8 km) from the trading post of Fisher's Inlet ( Danish: Fiskernæsset, the modern settlement of Qeqertarsuatsiaat).
The settlement was founded as the Moravian mission of Lichtenfels (variously translated from the German as "Light Rock", [1] "Light of the Rock", [4] or "Rock of Light" [5]) by Matthias Stach, the brothers Jens and Peter Haven, [6] and four Inuit families in 1748, [7] 1754, [1] 1757, [6] or 1758. [8] Following the first conversions in 1760 [8] or 1761, [6] the population of the settlement rose to around 300. [8] The mission was surrendered to the Lutheran Church of Denmark in 1900. [9]