This statue commemorate the popular figure of the Kiepenkerl, the traveling salesmen who traded goods and gossip in the medieval Münsterland.

Symbolic of the traveling salesman in the Münsterland, the Kiepenkerl traditionally dressed in a short linen smock with red scarf and cap. He typically carried a knotted walking stick, smoked a pipe and was responsible for conveying goods - and the latest gossip - between the city and neighboring villages.