Alluitsoq, formerly spelled Agdluitsok, is a former settlement in southern

Greenland Greenland ( kl, Kalaallit Nunaat, ; da, Grønland, ) is an island country in North America that is part of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is located between the Arctic and Atlantic oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Greenland i ...

, located on the Alluitsoq or Lichtenau Fjord near Cape Farewell. It is about 13 kilometers from

Ammassivik Ammassivik (old spelling: ''Angmagssivik'') is a settlement in the Kujalleq municipality in southern Greenland. The modern name is the Kalaallisut for "where you catch ammassaat (capelin)". Its population was 74 in 2010 and 32 in 2020. The settle ...

(Sletten), located on the opposite side of the same fjord. It was founded as Lichtenau (

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: "Light Meadow") by the Moravian missionary Gotfried Grillich and five familiesMission in Greenland
. ''The Christian Library: Comprising a Series of Standard Works in Religious Literature.'' Key & Biddle, 1833. in 1774.Lüdecke, Cornelia.
East Meets West: Meteorological observations of the Moravians in Greenland and Labrador since the 18th century
". ''History of Meteorology'' 2, 2005. For a time, it was the largest permanent settlement in Greenland. The mission was surrendered to the Lutheran

Church of Denmark The Evangelical-Lutheran Church in Denmark or National Church, sometimes called the Church of Denmark ( da, Folkekirken, literally: "The People's Church" or unofficially da, Den danske folkekirke, literally: "The Danish People's Church"; kl, ...

in 1900. The site has a large graveyard and was used as a children's home for the Gertrud Rask Institute between 1942 and 1980. The fjord separates in two at the end. One houses the largest waterfall in Greenland, Qorlortorsuaq, and a trout farm. The other holds a Norse farm's ruins.Randburg.com.
Historic sites and ruins in the Nanortalik district
". Accessed 28 Apr 2012.

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