Akunnat
Place in Greenland, Kingdom of Denmark
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Akunnaat (older spelling: Akúnât) is a former community in southern Greenland on the island of Akonemiok[1] or Qeqertarsuatsiaat,[2][3] 3 miles (4.8 km) from the trading post of Fisher's Inlet (Danish: Fiskernæsset, the modern settlement of Qeqertarsuatsiaat).
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Akunnaat | |
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The Herrnhut mission station Lichtenfels (c.1900) | |
  Akunnaat Location within Greenland | |
| Coordinates: 63°03′00″N 50°24′36″W | |
| State |  Kingdom of Denmark |
| Constituent country |  Greenland |
| Municipality |  Sermersooq |
| Established | 1748–1758 |
| Time zone | UTC-03 |
The settlement was founded as the Moravian mission of Lichtenfels (variously translated from the German as "Light Rock",[1] "Light of the Rock",[4] or "Rock of Light"[5]) by Matthias Stach, the brothers Jens and Peter Haven,[6] and four Inuit families in 1748,[7] 1754,[1] 1757,[6] or 1758.[8] Following the first conversions in 1760[8] or 1761,[6] the population of the settlement rose to around 300.[8] The mission was surrendered to the Lutheran Church of Denmark in 1900.[9]
