Even before World War II there was a market fountain in Seelow on the market square. Like 40% of the city, this fountain fell victim to the fighting in the Battle of the Seelow Heights in April 1945.
It would be decades before the city got a fountain back at the old location.
It was only in 1988 that Horst Engelhardt built the "Schäferbrunnen".
So why a Schäferbrunnen? In the past there were numerous sheep farms around Seelow. Sheep and sheep products were also traded in the marketplace on market days.
And so, on a pillar above a small plinth, stands the roughly life-size bronze sculpture of a naked shepherd, who has a sheep wrapped around his shoulders like a shawl.
Only the artist probably knows why the shepherd is now naked.
In the lower part of the sandstone pillar is the water dispenser in the form of a simple pipe that lets a trickle of water flow into the basin in front of the pillar.
The drain from the pool is formed by a thin pipe on which a fat satyr is lounging.
Behind the fountain, a steel structure symbolizes the hilly landscape of the Seelow Heights.
Conclusion: Beautiful fountain, but unfortunately the city is a bit stingy with water, so that the fountain rarely bubbles.