Dec 2, 2019
Königsberg Cathedral (Kaliningrad, Russia).
This cathedral, situated on the island of Kneiphof in the Pregolya River, was built between 1330 and 1380 (work on the frescoes inside continued until the end of the century).
According to legend, mermaids live in the Pregolya River. Kneiphof, one of Königsberg's first settlements, was located on this island, and its first coat of arms had an arm rising from the river and stretching out a crown. Other coats-of-arms showed mermaids as well. On the spire of the cathedral is a mermaid weathervane, and it has been said that its tail points to the place where a drowned person could be found.
