Nuuk
Nuuk / Kitaa
Nuuk ( German " cape" ), also Danish Godthåb [ gɔdho ʔb ː ] ( German " Good hope" ) is the capital and at the same time with 16.181 inhabitants ( 2012) largest settlement in Greenland.
Nuuk is located approximately 250 kilometers south of the Arctic Circle at the entrance of the Nuuk Fjord ( Greenlandic Nuup Kangerlua, Danish Godthåbsfjord ). The North Atlantic Current touches this part of Greenland and prevents freezing in winter the sea. There is a subpolar climate.
Until January 1, 2009 Nuuk was also capital of the autonomous community Nuuk with 15 083 inhabitants ( January 2008), of whom 14,719 lived in the city. The remaining members of the community were distributed among the settlements Kangerluarsoruseq, Qeqertarsuatsiaat, Kapisillit, Neriunaq and Qoornoq. Since 2009, Nuuk is the capital of the newly formed municipality Sermersooq.
Nuuk is a university town.
- 2.1 Coat of Arms
History
Early Modern Times
1721 was the Norwegian missionary Hans Egede in the area and established on the island Habets Ø ( Island of Hope ) near the now abandoned settlement Kangeq a mission station in 1728, he moved to Nuuk, to convert the living here twelve Inuit families. This place was the summer meeting of the Inuit of the area. His former house is the seat of government today.
From 1733 the Moravian Church missionary here, the mission station New Herrnhut built in today's district Noorliit. The Church of the missionaries now houses the University of Greenland with the National Archives.
19th and 20th centuries
For the role Nuuks as a training center of Greenland, the teacher training college founded in 1847, played a significant role. It is now built in the 1903 building of a former hospital housed the the city regarded as one of the finest homes Nuuks and landmarks. Therefore, it is also represented in the coat of arms of the city.
1865, a weather station was built, which was led by Adam Paulsen ( 1833-1907 ), one of the twelve Arctic observation stations during the First International Polar Year 1882 /83.
Today's cityscape of Nuuk is influenced by the functional design of the 1960s and 1970s. The large apartment blocks stand in sharp contrast to the typical colorful Greenland single-family homes and smaller communities also mean a radical break with the traditional, rural way of life of the Inuit, which manifests itself in large social problems such as alcoholism. The largest block of flats " Blok P" live over 500 people in the sparsely populated Greenland more than one percent of the total population.
More and more people are moving from the remote and small settlements to Nuuk, so that its population is growing steadily.
Policy
Coat of arms
Blazon: " Azure, on a floating golden kayak paddles and three lowered silver Spitz wave beams in front of a bar, by setting silver mountain a silbergesockeltes red Greenland house with forward-facing two gables, beams as thirteen silver windows in gables and the house wall, above the gables each a large silver window, covered with a green roof with three dormers silbergefensterten red, red roof ridge, sullied the center with a red weather vane with wind rose and cock. "
Coat Explanation: The red Greenland House is the teacher training college building, a landmark of the city, the silver mountain is the mountain Sermitsiaq represents, which is also a symbol of the city. The kayak paddle and shaft bars represent the reference to the sea.
Economy
Main livelihood is fishing, especially of crabs and halibut; there is also a print shop. In addition, Nuuk is now an exotic destination for tourists who arrive by plane or on cruises. In Nuuk, there is also a Christmas post office.
A major tourist attraction is the Greenland National Museum ( Kalaallit Nunaata Katersugaasivia ). In addition to extensive exhibitions on Greenlandic history and culture here are the famous mummies of Qilakitsoq from the Thule culture to the public.
Culture and sights
Nuuk is the seat of government of Greenland.
Church of the Redeemer of 1849 is the cathedral of Greenland.
Near the Church of the Redeemer, in the old, southwestern district of Nuuk, is the granite sculpture of the Mother of the Sea of Greenlandic artist Aka Høegh that symbolizes an Inuit legend. The sculpture is placed so that it protrudes from the water at low tide and is completely covered at high tide.
Greenland National Museum ( grönl. Nunatta Katersugaasivia; . Dän Grønlands national museum ) was founded in the mid-1960s as the first museum in the country. Its structure includes the mummies of Qilakitsoq and the collection of Gustav Holm from Ammassalik.
The University of Greenland is housed in the former mission station Neu- Herrnhut. The University Library in 2008 merged with the Groenlandica collection, which in turn is the National Library of Greenland and a subdivision of the library Nunatta Atuagaateqarfia.
The Cultural Katuaq exhibits contemporary art from Greenland and the rest of the world. It also acts as a cinema, theater and general event center.
2011 in Nuuk, the Nunatta Isiginnaartitsisarfia was founded ( Greenland National Theatre). It emerged from the Silamiut Theatre and goes greenland far on tour.
Infrastructure
Nuuk Nuuk airport is operated by the scheduled air traffic. Southeast of downtown is a seaport, which is run by the Arctic Umiaq Line and Royal Arctic Line. Nuuk is landing point of the submarine cable Greenland Connect. In the city itself there are built roads which are traveled by Nuup Bussii with three bus routes. More links from Nuuk to other settlements are not present over land.
Climate
Sons and daughters of the town
- Agnethe Davidsen (1947-2007), politician
- Ivalo Abelsen (born 1971 ), painter, graphic artist and stamp
- Jesper Grønkjær ( born 1977 ), Danish football player
- Miillaaraq Lennert (* 1988), biathlete and cross-country skier
Nuuk in art and literature
In her literary essay " peculiarities of arctic town " in the band invasions of privacy Anna Kim describes in the first chapter, among other things, how the houses and streets of Nuuk are arranged.
Twinning
- Denmark Aalborg (Denmark)
- Turkey Amasya (Turkey)
- Norway Askim (Norway )
- United States Barrow, Alaska ( USA)
- People's Republic of China Changchun ( China )
- Sweden Huddinge (Sweden)
- Gronland Ittoqqortoormiit (Greenland)
- Denmark Lyngby - Taarbæk (Denmark)
- Canada Pangnirtung, Nunavut (Canada)
- Seydisfjörður Iceland ( Iceland )
- Finland Vantaa (Finland )
Since 1987 was twinned with Cuxhaven. Due to an administrative and territorial reform in Nuuk she was terminated in March 2011.
Pictures
Aerial view of Nuuk
Nuuk with the 1,210 m high Sermitsiaq in the background
Main road Aqqusinersuaq in Nuuk with Hotel Hans Egede right
Bus Nuup Bussii A / S in the center of Nuuk
Teletårni Nuuk
Katuaq Nuuk
Godthåbhallen
Hans Egede - monument
Nuuk, port