The Sower, Heritage monument next to Dorfkirche Lichtenberg, Germany

The Sower is a sandstone figure of a farm labourer scattering seed from a sack with a sweeping arm movement, carved by an unnamed stonemason. It stands on a tall two-part pedestal set on a low rectangular stone slab, north of the Alte Pfarrkirche on Lichtenberg's old village green. A recessed panel about 50 by 70 cm on one side of the pedestal once held a bronze portrait of Julius von Roeder.

The Sower was carved by an unnamed stonemason as part of the renaming of the former village green as Loeperplatz, a scheme set out in the will of Julius Loeper and reported in a Lichtenberg administrative report of 1910. The will had proposed a bust of the donor in a circular bed at the centre of the green; a larger monument was made instead and later moved to a less conspicuous spot north of the church.

The square around the sculpture was laid out under the will of Julius Loeper, published in a 1910 Lichtenberg administrative report, which named the former village green Loeperplatz. The monument itself replaced the bust of the donor originally planned for a circular spot in the middle of the grounds. In 2013 the group Wooligans covered the head and body in white crocheted and knitted pieces, with a red wool nose and a black top hat, for an action called Bringing Winter back.

The sculpture stands on the old village green north of the Alte Pfarrkirche, on Loeperplatz. It was moved to this less conspicuous spot during later redesigns of the green area, so look north of the church rather than at its front. The sandstone is weathered, mossy and darkened by traffic exhaust.

In 2013 the knitters' group Wooligans covered the Sower's head in white crocheted and fabric pieces, added a red wool nose and a black top hat, and dressed the stone body in a white knitted cloak for an action called Bringing Winter back. The Lichtenberg mayor's office said no permit had been granted but tolerated the covering because the monument was not harmed.