Ujarasussuk

Ujarasussuk (field stone)
	Alanngoq (shadow side) ; Ujarasugssuk / Alángoĸ
Commune	Qeqertalik municipality
District	Qeqertarsuaq
Geographical location	69 ° 51 '44 " N , 52 ° 26' 10" W Coordinates: 69 ° 51 '44 " N , 52 ° 26' 10" W
Residents	0 ; (1964)
founding	1862
Time zone	UTC-3

Ujarasussuk [ ujɑʁaˈsusːuk ] (according to the old spelling Ujarasugssuk ; also Alanngoq ) is a deserted Greenlandic settlement in the district of Qeqertarsuaq in the municipality of Qeqertalik .

location

Ujarasussuk is located relatively far south on Sullorsuaq (Vaigat) on the opposite side of Saqqaq , which is 25 km northeast. 33 km northwest is Qullissat and 80 km southwest of the district capital Qeqertarsuaq .

history

It is unknown whether Ujarasussuk was inhabited before the colonial era. In 1793, 23 people lived in a house on site. Ujarasussuk was uninhabited in 1799 and 1805. In 1814 only Nuugaarsuk and Isunnguaq on the northeast side of Disko Island were inhabited. In 1821 the place was mentioned again as inhabited and again in 1826. In 1829 the residents asked that Ujarasussuk become an Udsted because it was difficult to get to the colony. At that time there were eight hunters in Ujarasussuk. In 1830 the place became a Winterudsted, but was abandoned after a few years. In 1850 the entire northeast coast was uninhabited.

In 1862 the Danish cooper Fritz Jørgensen was dispatched from Qeqertarsuaq together with some Greenlanders to build an Udsted on the northeast coast of Disko Island . Originally the place was supposed to be at the later Qullissat, but during the trip the group had to stop because of a storm and thought the place was so suitable that they built the Udsted directly there instead. Many residents from Atanikerluk quickly moved in. In fact, the place later turned out to be extremely unsuitable because there was no natural harbor and the weather was the worst in the whole colonial district. People often died because of the harsh winters or because their kayaks overturned in storms. In 1867 eight residents died in a flu epidemic. In May 1914, three young men died in their kayaks, including the local catechist.

In 1915 Ujarasussuk had 74 inhabitants. They lived in nine Greenland houses. The Udsteds administrator's apartment was from 1884, had two rooms and a kitchen and was a half-timbered building with a peat wall facade. The store from 1862 was a half-timbered building with paneling and roof shingles. There were two bacon houses, the older of which was built in 1862 as a peat wall house and the younger was a timber-framed timber-framed building from 1867. The school chapel was built in 1879 as a half-timbered building with a peat wall facade and was already badly dilapidated in 1915. There were 22 hunters, two fishermen, the Udsteds administrator, a trained catechist and a midwife.

Between 1930 and 1947 the population was between 51 and 63 people. In 1946 Ujarasussuk received a new Udsteds administrator's apartment and in 1948 a new school was built. In 1950, 91 people lived in Ujarasussuk. In 1952 there were already 18 fishermen. By 1960 the population had fallen to 78 people and in September 1963 the last residents left the place.

Until 1950 Ujarasussuk was a separate community in the colonial district of Ritenbenk . The Uunartoq residence belonged to her . The municipality was part of the 6th regional council constituency of North Greenland. It was part of the parish of Ilulissat and later that of Appat. When Ritenbenk lost its colonial status in 1942, Ujarasussuk became part of the Jakobshavn colonial district . In 1950 Ujarasussuk was incorporated into the new municipality of Vaigat .

Sons and daughters

Julius Petersen (1880–?), Provincial Councilor
Preben Lange (1948–2013), politician (Siumut) and teacher

Individual evidence

↑ Map with all official place names confirmed by Oqaasileriffik , provided by Asiaq
^ ^A ^b Hother Ostermann : Beskrivelse af Distrikterne i Nordgrønland: Ritenbenk District. De enkelte Bopladser i Ritenbenk district. Udstedet Ujaragsugssuk . 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. 268 ff . ( Digitized in the Internet Archive ).
↑ Jens Christian Madsen: Udsteder og bopladser i Grønland 1901-2000 . Atuagkat, 2009, ISBN 978-87-90133-76-4 , pp. 145 f .

[1] Map with all official place names confirmed by Oqaasileriffik , provided by Asiaq

[mog60-2] A ^b Hother Ostermann : Beskrivelse af Distrikterne i Nordgrønland: Ritenbenk District. De enkelte Bopladser i Ritenbenk district. Udstedet Ujaragsugssuk . 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. 268 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. 145 f .