Noorliit
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Ny Herrnhut (New Herrnhut) Nôrdlît |
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| Commune | Kommuneqarfik Sermersooq | |
| District | Nuuk | |
| Geographical location | 64 ° 10 '8 " N , 51 ° 44' 43" W | |
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| founding | 1733 | |
| Time zone | UTC-3 | |
Noorliit [ ˈnɔːɬːiːtˢʰ ] (according to the old spelling Nôrdlît ; German: Neu-Herrnhut , Danish: Ny Herrnhut ) was the first mission station of the Moravian Brethren in Greenland . Today it is part of the Greenlandic capital Nuuk .
Neu-Herrnhut was founded in 1733. After the missionary work of the Moravian Brethren began on the Caribbean island of Saint Thomas a year earlier, Greenland was the second destination of the Moravian missionaries. Five more mission locations were to follow. The Moravians were present in Greenland until the handover to the Danish People's Church on March 26, 1900.
The mission in Neu-Herrnhut was very successful. The missionaries were often not trained theologians, but rather craftsmen and laypeople who quickly became familiar with the Inuit way of life and thinking . In addition to the mission, the Moravians were active in the health sector. Particularly significant among the missionaries were Samuel Kleinschmidt , the creator of the first standardized writing of the Greenlandic language , and David Cranz , historian of the Brethren.
The former building of the mission (built 1747/48) was the seat of the University of Greenland until 2007 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ History of Ilisimatusarfik . Retrieved July 26, 2017.