Like the "good shepherd" from the Bible he stands there, the shepherd made of green sandstone. Children are most attracted to the shepherd, they like to sit on his stone back.
Fritz Viegener, an important sculptor from Soest, made the design of the shepherd, which was executed by the Soest sculptor Alfons Düchting after Viegener's death. The sheep were designed by Herbert Görder from Paderborn.