Heat runner

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Hitzläufer ( Low German Hitzlöper ) is an outdated name for amber seekers on Eiderstedt and the North Frisian Islands . The term arose because on a sandbank called Hitzsand ( "white sand" North Frisian hitz for "white") near St. Peter-Ording a lot of amber washed up and the name of the sandbank transferred to collectors as a local professional title .

Heat runner , derived from "Hetzläufer", is also an old name for a profession. The runner was, as the name suggests, a messenger , a courier, one who ran from place to place in a hurry.

Individual evidence

1. ^ JA Petersen: Walks through the duchies of Schleswig, Holstein and Lauenburg: North Friesland. C. Wäder, 1839, p. 170. Excerpts from books.google.de