Kangerluarsoruseq

Kangerluarsoruseq (Danish Færingehavn, for everyone. Føroyingahavn ) is an abandoned place in Greenland, about 50 kilometers south of the capital Nuuk. In 2007, he had five inhabitants.

The Danish name means " Faroese Harbour ". Færingehavn was founded in 1927 as a fishing base in Kangerluarsoruseqfjord at the instigation of the Faroese fishing. The founding Færingehavns was a concession on the part of the Danish government, which forbade the Faroese until then navigating the three-mile zone and entering Greenland.

Greenland trip of the Faroese

Early as in 1906 drove a Faroese boat to fish in Greenland, but in 1925 began the systematic fishing up here after the Faroese fishing because of the expansive trawler fisheries of Great Britain in the local waters to escape into the waters around Iceland and Greenland had been forced.

The fishing in Greenland waters proved for the Faroese to be a potent, albeit laborious by the long journey and the harsh conditions in the Arctic. In the 1920s, Greenland was a closed country. There was a Danish trade monopoly, and foreigners was the contact with the Greenlanders largely banned - allegedly good reasons to keep out harmful influences from them.

1925 a three -mile zone was built around Greenland, where even Danish citizens ( as the people of the Faroe Islanders ) were not allowed to fish. This brought with it that the fishermen had also no safe haven in Greenland available where they could fill and make repairs after the long journey inventories. Thus, the ever-increasing pressure of the Faroes came to Denmark to grant them access to the coast. At the same time it was argued that it was the fault of Denmark, if they did not protect the Faroe Islands off the British fishery expansion. Historian John F. West describes this conflict as the first major dispute between the to fighting, Faroe Islands and Denmark, their economic survival.

First, the fishermen harbor on a Ravns Storø was then offered, but which was 65 nautical miles of the best fishing grounds away. The Faroese suggested instead that the uninhabited Kangerluarsoruseqfjord to which one could eventually some 1927. The Faroese named their harbor Føroyingahavn. However, the three-mile zone remained unresolved. It was not until 1939, the Faroe Islands should be given the right to run three more ports: Ravns Storø, Tovkussak and Faroese Nordhavn at Egedesminde.

Færingehavn quickly developed from a port of refuge to an international fishing harbor. 1933 a lighthouse was built on Faroese own initiative, which enabled the journey at night and thus extended the working day. Later, the operation of this lighthouse was taken over by the Danish State. It created a touch-up with a shipyard slipway, oil tanks and a warehouse for salt. The catch was thus preserved to salt fish, for which a separate warehouse was built. In the Faroes this salt fish was then sold either directly on or before processed into salted codfish.

Further, the Lívd ( shelter, refuge, bunker ) created a small hospital and a seafarer's home Føroysk Sjómannsmissión, was called. In subsequent years, worked a series Färingerinnen here. 1937 Færingehavn of Denmark was opened for international fisheries. The harbor was further developed. There was a bigger hospital, and from the old building made ​​it a Seamen's Mission. The 230 meter long jetty of Færingehavn was long regarded as the longest wooden in Europe ( if you count Greenland to Europe).

Until the formation of the Commune Sermersooq (1 January 2009 ), is one of the settlement today, Kangerluarsoruseq was part of the municipality of Nuuk.