Pannier Lad

The monument in Münster commemorates the "Kiepenkerle," traveling merchants who moved between Sauerland and Hamburg, bringing foodstuffs such as eggs, dairy products and poultry to the cities. At the same time, they supplied the rural areas with salt and news, among other things. The name derives from the basket, the so-called "Kiepe," in which the merchants transported their goods on their backs. 

Kiepenkerl monument in Münster (Westphalia), color photograph, 2005, photographer: Maynard; source: Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kiepenkerl.jpg,  Creative Commons Namensnennung - Weitergabe unter gleichen Bedingungen 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0), https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.de.