Kangersuatsiaq

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Kangersuatsiaq (quite large promontory)
Prøven (the attempt)
Kangerssuatsiaĸ
Kangersuatsiaq (1881)
Kangersuatsiaq (1881)
Commune Avannaata Communia
District Upernavik
Geographical location 72 ° 22 '47 "  N , 55 ° 33' 0"  W Coordinates: 72 ° 22 '47 "  N , 55 ° 33' 0"  W.
Kangersuatsiaq (Greenland)
Kangersuatsiaq
Residents 130
(January 1, 2020)
Time zone UTC-3

Kangersuatsiaq [ kaˌŋɜsːuˈat͡sːiɑq ] (according to the old spelling Kangerssuatsiaĸ , Danish Prøven ) is a Greenlandic settlement in the district of Upernavik in the Avannaata Kommunia .

location

Watercolor painting of Kangersuatsiaq from the southwest, made by the Irish naval doctor and painter Edward Lawton Moss (1843–1880) in 1875

Kangersuatsiaq is located on the northwest coast of an island of the same name (Prøven Ø), which lies within an archipelago between the Kangeq peninsula in the north and the island of Qeqertaq in the south.

history

18th and 19th centuries

When a colony was to be founded in the far north of Greenland in 1769, consideration was given to moving to the residential area of ​​Kangersuatsiaq, which was already inhabited at that time, but there was no suitable port. In the 1770s an attempt was made to catch yarn in Kangersuatsiaq, which is believed to be the origin of the Danish name. The district was later abandoned. In 1798 Kangersuatsiaq was uninhabited. In 1800 the attempt to catch yarn was resumed and a Dane was employed who also traded with the residents. In 1805 there were three earth houses with wooden roofs in Kangersuatsiaq, one for the assistant, one for materials and one for goods. A whaling attempt was also started that same year, but whaling in the area was quite unsuccessful and was soon abandoned in favor of fishing for yarn. In 1806 64 people lived in three houses in Kangersuatsiaq. The place was probably deserted later, but in 1825 three men were employed and Kangersuatsiaq became a permanent establishment. In 1827 whaling was resumed, but was given up after a short time because of the low yields. In 1850 Kangersuatsiaq had 82 inhabitants. From 1850, the place was considered the most productive place in the colonial district, if not all of Greenland.

20th century

Kangersuatsiaq was from 1911 a separate municipality without associated living space in the colonial district of Upernavik. It was part of the 11th District Council of North Greenland. As one of two plants that had survived until then (with Nanortalik ), the place was almost like a colony, so that Upernavik Kujalleq as Udsted was assigned to the Prøven plant and not the colony.

In 1918 there were 196 Greenlanders and two Danes in Kangersuatsiaq. Among them were 29 hunters, 13 fishermen, the trade assistant, a cooper, seven kiffat (Greenlandic trade workers), a catechist and a midwife. There were 34 Greenland houses. The sales assistant's apartment was a 70 m² storey building with a slate roof from 1832. The brick shop was from 1837 and 91 m² in size. The 45 m² provision store was made of wood and built in 1857. There was also a stone coal house from 1831 and a powder house. There were also some buildings on the opposite island, including two potion kettles, a Tranhaus with boards and roof shingles from 1889 and a Bacon House from 1885 that threatened to collapse. The school was a rather larger building built as a Greenlander house. There was also a chapel made of wood with shingles on the roof. There was a clock on the west gable and the building was badly built and leaking.

At an unknown date, Kangersuatsiaq was converted into an Udsted. A school chapel and two packing houses were built between 1925 and 1937. Another school was built later and the school chapel was converted into a church. An apartment was also built for the fishing master. Until 1941/42, more people lived in Kangersuatsiaq than in Upernavik colony . In 1930 there were 250 inhabitants, in 1940 there were 264 and 249 in 1950. Then the population went back to 184 people in 1960. Then it rose again, so that in 1970 Kangersuatsiaq had 192 inhabitants again.

In 1950 Kangersuatsiaq was incorporated into the new municipality of Upernavik . During the administrative reform in 2009, the place became part of the Qaasuitsup Kommunia . Kangersuatsiaq has been part of Avannaata Kommunia since 2018 .

List of colonial employees until 1921

The Prøven plant was managed by the following trade assistants until 1921.

  • 1836–1858: Hans Christiansen
  • 1858–1859: Knud Geelmuyden Fleischer
  • 1859–1860: Hans Frederik A. Hansen
  • 1860–1861: Johan Henrich Ingemann
  • 1861–1865: Carl August Ferdinand Bolbroe
  • 1865–1868: Lorentz Frederik Mathiesen
  • 1868–1870: Johannes Herman Mads Mørch
  • 1870–1874: Niss Lauritz Elberg
  • 1874–1877: Anthon Frederik Søren Møldrup
  • 1877–1880: Jens Christian Poul Fleischer
  • 1880–1885: Valdemar Møller
  • 1885–1887: Herman Valentin Høst Beyer
  • 1887–1891: Carl Frederik Myhre
  • 1891–1892: Anders Peter Olsen
  • 1892-1893: Johan Christian Evensen
  • 1893–1898: Christian August Nielsen
  • 1898–1902: Carl Frederik Harries
  • 1902–1904: Knud Frederik Hannibal Anton Fencker
  • 1904–1905: Einar Andersen
  • 1905–1906: Knud Frederik Hannibal Anton Fencker
  • 1906–1907: Johannes Otto Frederik Mathiesen
  • 1907–1908: Einar Andersen
  • 1908–1911: Knud Frederik Hannibal Anton Fencker
  • 1911–1912: Axel Kristian Marius Vinterberg
  • 1912–1914: Carl Ernst Christian Lembcke-Otto
  • 1914: -0000Harald Olrik
  • 1914-1919: JL Nielsen
  • 1919–1920: Olav Even Olsen
  • 1920–1921: Vilhelm Hans Lytzen Hatting

economy

As usual in Greenland, Kangersuatsiaq lives from fishing and hunting. The fish factory, shop and administration also provide jobs.

Infrastructure and supply

The port of Kangersuatsiaq consists of a 4.5 m long jetty with a water depth of 1.6 to 2 m. Air traffic occurs through the Kangersuatsiaq heliport . Dog sleds and snowmobiles offer additional transport options . Kangersuatsiaq has an extensive network of trails.

Nukissiorfiit supplies the place with drinking water via a seawater desalination plant. A power station for generating electricity is also connected to it. Wastewater is discharged into the ground and into the sea.

Development

In Kangersuatsiaq there is a church, a Pilersuisoq branch, a post office, a bank, a workshop, a library, administration building and a meeting house. There is also a daycare center and a nursing home. In 2011 a new school building of Juaap Atuarfia was inaugurated, replacing the old school building. Nine buildings are protected, including the church and the old school.

Sons and daughters

Population development

The population of Kangersuatsiaq increased until shortly before the turn of the millennium and has more than halved since then.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Map with all official place names confirmed by Oqaasileriffik , provided by Asiaq
  2. ^ Hother Ostermann : Beskrivelse af Distrikterne i Nordgrønland: Upernivik 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. 515 f . ( Digitized in the Internet Archive ).
  3. ↑ a b c d Kangersuatsiaq at qaasuitsup-kp.cowi.webhouse.dk
  4. ↑ Hans Jensen Bryder : Beskrivelse af Distrikterne i Nordgronland: Upernivik Island district. De enkelte Bopladser i Upernivik district. Anlægget Prøven . 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. 481 ff . ( Digitized in the Internet Archive ).
  5. ↑ Jens Christian Madsen: Udsteder og bopladser i Grønland 1901-2000 . Atuagkat, 2009, ISBN 978-87-90133-76-4 , pp. 187 f .
  6. ^ Hother Ostermann : Beskrivelse af Distrikterne i Nordgrønland: Upernivik 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. 516 ( digitized in the Internet Archive ).
  7. ↑ Population of Kangersuatsiaq 1977–2020 at bank.stat.gl