Alluitsoq
Sign in to savethumb | right | Alluitsoq Alluitsoq, formerly spelled Agdluitsoĸ, is a former settlement in southern Greenland, located on the Alluitsoq or Lichtenau Fjord near Cape Farewell. It is about 13 kilometers from Ammassivik (Sletten), located on the opposite side of the same fjord.
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thumb | right | Alluitsoq Alluitsoq, formerly spelled Agdluitsoĸ, is a former settlement in southern Greenland, located on the Alluitsoq or Lichtenau Fjord near Cape Farewell. It is about 13 kilometers from Ammassivik (Sletten), located on the opposite side of the same fjord.
It was founded as Lichtenau (German: "Light Meadow") by the Moravian missionary Gotfried Grillich and five families in 1774. For a time, it was the largest permanent settlement in Greenland. The mission was surrendered to the Lutheran Church of Denmark in 1900.