Resin worker

Resin workers were people whose work involved the extraction or working of resin, which was needed as a raw material in the manufacture of pitch, tar and turpentine.

Through this cutting and "bleeding", the wood of the tree became generally unusable for construction or other purposes.

The burning of resin was sometimes strictly regulated in order to prevent the wanton damage of the forest.

In the Palatinate area of Germany, street and place names witness to the industry that went into decline in the 20th century (e.g. Harzofen in Kaiserslautern and near Elmstein).

[citation needed] Resin was gathered in this way in East Germany until the Wende in 1990.