Akunnat

Akunnaat
Akunnaat
	The Herrnhut mission station Lichtenfels (c.1900)
	Akunnaat Location within Greenland
	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]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Cranz, David & al. The History of Greenland: including an account of the mission carried on by the United Brethren in that country. Longman, 1820.
^ Del, Anden. "Grønland som del af den bibelske fortælling – en 1700-tals studie Archived 2012-07-15 at the Wayback Machine" ["Greenland as Part of the Biblical Narrative – a Study of the 18th-Century"]. (in Danish)
^ Also given as Kikertarsocitsiak in Brewster, David. "Greenland". The Edinburgh Encyclopedia, Vol 10. J. & E. Parker, 1832.
^ Brightwell, Cecilia Lucy. Romance of modern missions. The Religious Tract Society, 1870.
^ Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The Gospel in All Lands. A.D.F. Randolph, 1885.
^ ^a ^b ^c American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. "Biography: Life of Matthew Stach". The Missionary Herald, #19. Samuel T. Armstrong, 1823.
^ Lüdecke, Cornelia. "East Meets West: Meteorological observations of the Moravians in Greenland and Labrador since the 18th century Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine". History of Meteorology 2, 2005.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Mission in Greenland". The Christian Library: Comprising a Series of Standard Works in Religious Literature. Key & Biddle, 1833.
^ Wittman, P. "Greenland". The Catholic Encyclopedia. Robert Appleton Co. (New York), 1909. Accessed 28 Apr 2012.

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[Cranny-1] Cranz, David & al. The History of Greenland: including an account of the mission carried on by the United Brethren in that country. Longman, 1820.

[BibNar-2] Del, Anden. "Grønland som del af den bibelske fortælling – en 1700-tals studie Archived 2012-07-15 at the Wayback Machine" ["Greenland as Part of the Biblical Narrative – a Study of the 18th-Century"]. (in Danish)

[3] Also given as Kikertarsocitsiak in Brewster, David. "Greenland". The Edinburgh Encyclopedia, Vol 10. J. & E. Parker, 1832.

[4] Brightwell, Cecilia Lucy. Romance of modern missions. The Religious Tract Society, 1870.

[5] Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The Gospel in All Lands. A.D.F. Randolph, 1885.

[SammyT-6] American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. "Biography: Life of Matthew Stach". The Missionary Herald, #19. Samuel T. Armstrong, 1823.

[LudeCorn-7] Lüdecke, Cornelia. "East Meets West: Meteorological observations of the Moravians in Greenland and Labrador since the 18th century Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine". History of Meteorology 2, 2005.

[KB-8] "Mission in Greenland". The Christian Library: Comprising a Series of Standard Works in Religious Literature. Key & Biddle, 1833.

[9] Wittman, P. "Greenland". The Catholic Encyclopedia. Robert Appleton Co. (New York), 1909. Accessed 28 Apr 2012.

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