Jens Chemnitz

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Jens Anton Elias Barsilaj Ignatius Chemnitz (born November 24, 1853 in Ikigaat , † February 26, 1929 in Alluitsoq ) was a Greenlandic pastor .

Life

Jens Chemnitz was born in Ikigaat on the site of the medieval Herjólfsnes . He completed his training at Grønland's seminary in 1873 and then received further theological training in Denmark from 1875 to 1877 . He then worked as a catechist in Nuuk and continued studying at the seminary. In 1880 he moved to Denmark again, where he trained as a pastor. After his ordination in Copenhagen on April 18, 1883 , he was ordained pastor in Ilulissat that same year . In 1885 he moved to Sisimiut , where he stayed until 1900. He then worked in Alluitsoq for a year . From 1901 to 1912 he was pastor of Narsarmijit . He then moved back to Alluitsoq, where he retired in 1926. He died there in 1929 at the age of 75.

Jens Chemnitz campaigned strongly for the Greenland population. He re-initiated sheep farming in Greenland to provide the residents with a new source of income in addition to fishing and seal hunting. He emerged from the public education group, reading to the youth, teaching men kayaking and handicrafts and women cooking, sewing and lace making. He also built a meeting house, a building association or initiated the shark hunt.

In 1901 Jens Chemnitz was appointed Dannebrogsmand and in 1912 he was made a Knight of the Dannebrog Order.

family

Jens Chemnitz was the son of the Danish cooper Jens Carl Vilhelm Chemnitz (1811-1857), whose parents were German, and his Greenlandic wife Marie Elisabeth Egede (1817-1867), a great-granddaughter of Anders Olsen . His father is the progenitor of all Chemnitzens in Greenland. The name refers to Kemnitz , a district of Pritzwalk , where the family is first recorded in the 13th century.

Jens Chemnitz married on June 10, 1886 in Nuuk Ane Marie Jakobine Kathrine Holm (1858-1939), daughter of the Danish trade assistant Johan Frederik Holm (1828-1884) and his wife Juliane Bolette Raun Møller (1828-1875), daughter of Jørgen Nielsen Møller . The following children were born from this marriage:

  • Karl Johan Pavia Chemnitz (born May 5, 1884 in Qaqortoq )
  • Nikolaj Adolf Valdemar Chemnitz (born December 18, 1885 in Sisimiut)
  • Bolethe Maria Ester Chemnitz (born May 17, 1887 in Sisimiut)
  • Bolette Maria Ingeborg Chemnitz (born October 26, 1888 in Sisimiut), married to Josva Kleist
  • Jørgen Niels Peter Chemnitz (born February 13, 1890 in Sisimiut), married to Kathrine Chemnitz
  • Jens Lars Andreas Chemnitz (born November 23, 1891 in Sisimiut)
  • Kathrine Helene Martine Chemnitz (born March 25, 1893 in Sisimiut)
  • Conrad Holm John Chemnitz (born March 25, 1893 in Sisimiut)
  • Marie Augusta Hanne Chemnitz (born February 28, 1896 in Sisimiut)
  • Johan Frederik Morthen Chemnitz (born July 22, 1899 in Sisimiut)

His grandchildren include KGH director Aage Chemnitz (1927–2006), suffragette Gudrun Chemnitz (1928–2004), writer Maaliaaraq Vebæk (1917–2012), suffragette Guldborg Chemnitz (1919–2003), director Jørgen Chemnitz (1923–2001), the politician Lars Chemnitz (1925–2006), the Vice Bishop Jens Christian Chemnitz (1935–2005), the politician Erling Høegh (1924–1993), the politician Ingvar Høegh (1927–2007) and the Landesrat Oluf Høegh (1927-2018).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d biography in Dansk Biografisk Leksikon
  2. ↑ a b Max Grohshennig, Theodor Puff Fausbøll: Danmarks præstehistorie 1884-1911 (Greenland).
  3. ↑ Ruth Chemnitz: Den grønlandske børnesags pinoér in the Tidsskriftet Grønland (1974/1)
  4. ^ Chemnitz in Den Store Danske
  5. ↑ Church registers Qaqortoq 1862–1887 (Born boys p. 48)
  6. ↑ Church records Sisimiut 1867–1887 (Born boys p. 31)
  7. ^ Church records Sisimiut 1867–1887 (Born girls, p. 80)
  8. ↑ Church records Sisimiut 1888–1905 (Born girls p. 30)
  9. ^ Church records Sisimiut 1888–1905 (Born boys p. 3)
  10. ^ Church records Sisimiut 1888–1905 (Born boys p. 5)
  11. ^ Church records Sisimiut 1888–1905 (Born girls p. 37)
  12. ↑ Church records Sisimiut 1888–1905 (Born boys p. 6)
  13. ↑ Church records Sisimiut 1888–1905 (Born girls p. 41)
  14. ^ Church records Sisimiut 1888–1905 (Born boys p. 18)
personal data
SURNAME Chemnitz, Jens
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Chemnitz, Jens Anton Elias Barsilaj Ignatius (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Greenland pastor
DATE OF BIRTH November 24, 1853
PLACE OF BIRTH Ikigaat
DATE OF DEATH February 26, 1929
Place of death Alluitsoq