Kitsissuarsuit

Kitsissuarsuit (the small ones far to the west)
Dogs Ejlande (dog islands ) Kitsigsuarssuit
Kitsissuarsuit (2017)
Commune	Qeqertalik municipality
District	Aasiaat
Geographical location	68 ° 51 '24 "  N , 53 ° 7' 19"  W Coordinates: 68 ° 51 '24 "  N , 53 ° 7' 19"  W
Residents	50 (January 1, 2020)
founding	1787
Time zone	UTC-3

Kitsissuarsuit [ ˌkit͡sːisːuˈɑsːuitˢʰ ] (according to the old spelling Kitsigsuarssuit ) is a Greenlandic settlement in the district of Aasiaat in the municipality of Qeqertalik .

geography

Kitsissuarsuit is located on the southernmost larger island of the archipelago of the same name in Disko Bay . The Kitsissut and the abandoned town of Imerissoq are 20 km north-northwest . To the south-southeast it is 20 km to Aasiaat , the nearest inhabited place.

history

Kitsissuarsuit as an attachment

Kitsissuarsuit was already inhabited at the beginning of the colonial period. This is supported by the fact that the name of the island group, originally given by the Dutch , testifies to the presence of dogs, although the islands are so remote that it is impossible for people to leave their dogs here without living on the islands themselves. Some of the other islands show archaeological traces of settlement, but only one of the islands has been inhabited recently.

In 1736 Poul Egede visited the islands, but the whole population was on hunting trips. In 1739 the residents looted a Dutch ship that had run aground. In 1750 consideration was given to founding a lodge at the residential area, but the residents only traded with Dutch and English whalers. The great epidemic of 1785/86 did not reach Kitsissuarsuit because of the remote location and so the population rose steadily.

In 1787 a Danish attempt at whaling began in Kitsissuarsuit, which ran via Kronprinsens Ejlande , but after a year, Kitsissuarsuit was reintegrated into the colonial district of Egedesminde in 1788 . In 1789 a 105 m² storey house was built in which a whaling assistant, a bacon cutter and one or two sailors were stationed. In 1792 a cooper and a carpenter also came to the Kitsissuarsuit. In 1793 a half-timbered bacon house was built. In the same year 106 inhabitants were counted in the place, most of which were unbaptized. In 1796 the Kitsissuarsuit was converted into a facility under Kronprinsens Ejlande. From 1801 the place was approached by ships. During the war from 1807 to 1814 the economy came to a standstill and the residents traded with the English again. In 1808 90 people lived in kitsissuarsuit, of whom only one was still unbaptized.

In 1813 the facility was abandoned. Five years later it was re-established and now belonged again to the colonial district of Egedesminde. In 1820 there was again an assistant, a bacon cutter, a carpenter and a cook in Kitsissuarsuit. In 1821 the place had 111 inhabitants in six houses. A large part of the population died in the smallpox epidemic in 1825.

Kitsissuarsuit as Udsted

Whaling was abandoned and in 1830 Kitsissuarsuit was given Udsted status . Therefore the house and the bacon house were moved to other locations and instead a house was built for the Udsteds administrator. In the same year Kitsissut was also downgraded to Udsted and so many people moved from Kitsissut to Kitsissuarsuit, so that in 1831 the place had 99 inhabitants again. When Kitsissut later lost its Udsted status, many people moved to Kitsissuarsuit again, but moved back in 1888 when Imerissoq replaced the old Kitsissut Udsted.

In 1915 the place had 166 inhabitants. In addition to 17 houses, there was an apartment for the Udsteds administrator from 1910 and a store with provisions from the same year. Both buildings were half-timbered buildings with wood paneling and roof shingles. One of the two bacon houses was a former shop and also a half-timbered building with wooden paneling and a wooden roof. There was also a wooden cooperage. The school chapel dates from 1905 and was a half-timbered building with wood paneling and roof shingles. Inside it was a harmonium . Among the residents were 53 hunters, two fishermen, the Udsteds administrator, a trained catechist and a midwife. The men in kitsissuarsuit were considered to be some of the best kayakers in the country, the built kayaks and umiaqs were still in high demand fifty years later and the residents were also proficient in skinning and handicrafts.

In 1928 a church was built. In 1966 the school from Nivaaq replaced the old school chapel from 1905. In 1931 a new cooperage was built and in 1945 Kitsissuarsuit got a new shop. In 1952 there were 34 fishermen working in the village, storing their catch in 368 m² fish houses. Until 1960 the population was constant at around 160 people.

Until 1950 Kitsissuarsuit was a separate municipality without any other associated place within the colonial district of Egedesminde . She belonged to the 3rd district electoral council. Kitsissuarsuit was part of the parish Aasiaat and belonged to the upper catechetical district of the colony. After 1951, Kitsissuarsuit became part of the parish of Aasiaat .

List of colonial employees

Kitsissuarsuit was a facility until 1830. This was headed by the following commercial assistants.

• 1788–1794: Jens Larsen Smidt
• 1794-1795: Andr. Larsen (as a bacon cutter)
• 1795–1796: Christian Frederik Rousing
• 1796–1799: Jeppe Andreas Scheen
• 1799-1800: Michael Olrik
• 1800–1801: Wilhelm Frimann Koren
• 1801–1802: Johan Christian Geisler
• 1802–1804: Johan Ritter
• 1804–1807: Johan Henrik Christensen
• 1807-1809: Hans Christian Møhl
• 1809–1813: Johan Lorentz Mørch
• 1813-1818: Christopher Carl Dalager
• 1818–1821: Frederik Breum
• 1821–1822: E. Jens Gottlieb Walerius
• 1822–1824: Carl Søren Vilhelm Egtved
• 1825–1827: Hans Rosing
• 1827–1830: Johan Lorentz Mørch

economy

The residents of Kitsissuarsuit live mainly from fishing and hunting, even if there is no fish factory in town. Other job opportunities can largely be found in the administrative and service sectors.

Infrastructure and supply

The port of Kitsissuarsuit was equipped with a quay in 1987 and is located to the northeast of the village. The Heliport Kitsissuarsuit connects the town with the surrounding area via the air and is located in the west. There is only a long way through the place.

Nukissiorfiit supplies the town with electricity from a diesel power station built in 1987, while drinking water is obtained from a seawater desalination plant . Oil stoves provide the houses with heat. Garbage is dumped in the north of the village.

Development

Kitsissuarsuit Church was built in 1928. There is also, for example, a workshop with laundry, a Pilersuisoq branch and a commercial building. The Ole Reimerip Atuarfia is the Kitsissuarsuit elementary school. Several buildings in the village are protected.

See also : List of architectural monuments in Kitsissuarsuit

Sons and daughters

• Isak Abelsen (1879–1956), National Councilor
• Thomas Larsen (1885–?), Catechist and councilor
• Magnus Larsen (* 1931), pastor, provost, writer, editor and local politician

Population development

Kitsissuarsuit's population has long been very stable, but has more than halved since the mid-2000s.

Web links

Commons : Kitsissuarsuit  - 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} Hother Ostermann : Beskrivelse af Distrikterne i Nordgrønland: Egedesminde district. De grandson Bopladser. Udstedet dogs Ejland . 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 1 . C. A. Reitzel Boghandel, Copenhagen 1921, p. 65 ff . ( Digitized in the Internet Archive ).
3. ↑ Jens Christian Madsen: Udsteder og bopladser i Grønland 1901-2000 . Atuagkat, 2009, ISBN 978-87-90133-76-4 , pp. 118 f .
4. ^ Hother Ostermann : Beskrivelse af Distrikterne i Nordgrønland: Egedesminde District. History . 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 1 . C. A. Reitzel Boghandel, Copenhagen 1921, p. 50 f . ( Digitized in the Internet Archive ).
5. ↑ ^{a b c} Kitsissuarsuit at qaasuitsup-kp.cowi.webhouse.dk
6. ↑ Population of Kitsissuarsuit 1977–2020 at bank.stat.gl