Ammassivik

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Ammassivik (where to fish capelin)
Sletten (the plain)
Angmagssivik
Ammassivik Church 1892
Ammassivik Church 1892
Commune Kujalleq municipality
District Nanortalics
Geographical location 60 ° 36 '0 "  N , 45 ° 23' 59"  W Coordinates: 60 ° 36 '0 "  N , 45 ° 23' 59"  W.
Ammassivik (Greenland)
Ammassivik
Residents 32
(January 1, 2020)
founding 1890
Time zone UTC-3

Ammassivik [ ˌaˈmːasːivik ] (according to the old spelling Angmagssivik , Danish Sletten ) is a Greenlandic settlement in the Nanortalik district in the municipality of Kujalleq .

location

Ammassivik is located on the northwest coast of a peninsula between the Uunartup Kangerlua in the south and the Alluitsup Kangerlua in the north. On the other side of the bank is Alluitsoq and a little further south Alluitsup Paa . At the southern tip of the peninsula lies the abandoned settlement Akuliaruseq . A little further north, the fjord splits into the Amitsuarsuk and the Sioralik . On the banks of the former are the places Qallimiut and Qorlortorsuaq .

history

Ammassivik has been inhabited since 1890. In 1896/99 the Moravian Brethren built a school chapel at the living space . It measured 50 square meters, had an altar, a kneeling bench, a sermon desk, an organ and a church bell. The classroom in the attic measured 15 m² and was managed by an unskilled reader. From 1911 the residential area was part of the municipality of Sydprøven.

In 1919, 106 people lived in the village and lived in 19 houses. The houses were poorly built at first, but got better as the yields of the fishery increased. Among the residents were twelve hunters, eleven fishermen, the reader and a midwife. The population lived from seal and fox hunts as well as from fishing.

In 1923 a new chapel was built and the old one was used as a school from then on. In 1925 Ammassivik was promoted to Udsted and an apartment for the Udsteds administrator was built, as well as a fish house, some stores and a powder house. In 1949 a second fish house was built.

economy

In the past, Ammassivik lived from sheep breeding, among other things, whereas today hunting and fishing dominate. The fish factory from 1946 mainly dries cod , but at times also processes the roe of the wolffish , black halibut , salmon as well as cod and black crowberries , which are traditionally eaten with fish. Efforts are being made to focus more on agriculture in Ammassivik. They shall potatoes planted and the sheep to be reintroduced.

Infrastructure and supply

The port of Ammassivik consists of a quay and a pontoon jetty . Air traffic takes place via the Ammassivik heliport . The few paths in town are gravel.

The new power plant replaces an earlier one, which is now used as a workshop and shed. The town is supplied with drinking water via Lake Siniffiip Tasia , which is treated in the waterworks built in 2015. Most of the buildings in Ammassivik are supplied with electricity, but only a few are connected to the water network. A sewage network does not exist. Wastewater is dumped into the sea or into the ground, while garbage is dumped and incinerated.

The shop opened in 1922 and is now operated by Pilersuisoq .

Development

The protected school chapel from 1896/99 is no longer in use today and in need of renovation. Today children from the surrounding shepherd settlements are also taught in Ammassivik. From 1988 to 2016 there was a retirement home in Ammassivik, which is now closed. The village office is located in a former family house. Among other things, the service building and the fire station are housed in one building. There is also a workshop, a football field and a cemetery in the village. A large number of residential buildings in Ammassivik have fallen into disrepair and must be demolished.

Sons and daughters

Population development

The population of Ammassivik is falling sharply. Between 1981 and 2015, the place lost 84% of its residents. This makes Ammassivik one of the places with the greatest decline in population.

Web links

Commons : Ammassivik  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Map with all official place names confirmed by Oqaasileriffik , provided by Asiaq
  2. ↑ a b Jens Christian Madsen: Udsteder and bopladser i Grønland 1901–2000 . Atuagkat, 2009, ISBN 978-87-90133-76-4 , pp. 44 f .
  3. ^ Ole Bendixen : Beskrivelse af Distrikterne i Sydgrønland: Julianehaab district. Bopladser i Julianehaab district. Bopladsen Angmagssivik . In: Georg Carl Amdrup , Louis Bobé , Adolf Severin Jensen , Hans Peder Steensby (eds.): Grønland i tohundredeaaret for Hans Egedes landing (=  Meddelelser om Grønland . Volume 60-61 ). tape 2 . C. A. Reitzel Boghandel, Copenhagen 1921, p. 516 f . ( Digitized in the Internet Archive ).
  4. ↑ Ammassivik in Den Store Danske Encyklopædi
  5. ↑ a b c Ammassivik at kujalleq2017.odeum.com
  6. ↑ Population figures Ammassivik 1977–2020 at bank.stat.gl