Riddarfjärden
Riddarfjärden (, "The Knight Firth") is the easternmost bay of Lake Mälaren in central Stockholm. Stockholm was founded in 1252 on an island in the stream where Lake Mälaren (from the west) drains into the Baltic Sea (to the east); today the island is called Stadsholmen and constitutes Stockholm's Old Town.
Architecture in Stockholm
Stockholm is first mentioned as the capital of Sweden in the 1430s, though it existed for over 200 years prior to that and had become a typical Hansa port. During this period, German craftsmen were often employed to construct buildings, resulting in a wide use of German architecture. Among the buildings constructed in this period is the "German Merchants Guild", which was later transformed into the German Church.