Akunnaat (older spelling: Akúnât) is a former community in southern
Greenland
Greenland is an autonomous territory in the Danish Realm, Kingdom of Denmark. It is by far the largest geographically of three constituent parts of the kingdom; the other two are metropolitan Denmark and the Faroe Islands. Citizens of Greenlan ...
on the island of Akonemiok
or Qeqertarsuatsiaat,
[Del, Anden.]
''Grønland som del af den bibelske fortælling – en 1700-tals studie''
" Greenland as Part of the Biblical Narrative – a Study of the 18th-Century" from the trading post of Fisher's Inlet (, the modern settlement of
Qeqertarsuatsiaat
Qeqertarsuatsiaat, also known by its Danish name Fiskernæs (alternatively Fiskenæsset), is a settlement in the Sermersooq municipalities of Greenland, municipality in southwestern Greenland, located on an island off the shores of Labrador Sea ...
).
The settlement was founded as the
Moravian mission of Lichtenfels (variously translated from the
German
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**Germania (Roman era)
* Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language
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as "Light Rock",
"Light of the Rock", or "Rock of Light") by
Matthias Stach Matthias is a name derived from the Greek Ματθαίος, in origin similar to Matthew.
Notable people
Notable people named Matthias include the following:
Religion
* Saint Matthias, chosen as an apostle in Acts 1:21–26 to replace Judas Isca ...
, the brothers
Jens and
Peter Haven,
and four
Inuit
Inuit (singular: Inuk) are a group of culturally and historically similar Indigenous peoples traditionally inhabiting the Arctic and Subarctic regions of North America and Russia, including Greenland, Labrador, Quebec, Nunavut, the Northwe ...
families in 1748,
[ Lüdecke, Cornelia.]
East Meets West: Meteorological observations of the Moravians in Greenland and Labrador since the 18th century
". ''History of Meteorology'' 2, 2005. 1754,
[Cranz, David & al. ]
The History of Greenland: including an account of the mission carried on by the United Brethren in that country
'. Longman, 1820. 1757,
[American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions.]
Biography: Life of Matthew Stach
. ''The Missionary Herald'', #19. Samuel T. Armstrong, 1823. or 1758.
[Mission in Greenland]
. ''The Christian Library: Comprising a Series of Standard Works in Religious Literature.'' Key & Biddle, 1833. Following the first conversions in 1760
or 1761,
the population of the settlement rose to around 300.
The mission was surrendered to the Lutheran
Church of Denmark
The Evangelical-Lutheran Church in Denmark or National Church ( , or unofficially ; ), sometimes called the Church of Denmark, is the established, state-supported church in Denmark. The supreme secular authority of the church is composed of ...
in 1900.
[Wittman, P.]
Greenland
. ''The Catholic Encyclopedia''. Robert Appleton Co. (New York), 1909. Accessed 28 Apr 2012.
References
Former populated places in Greenland
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