Freischütz
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Illustration to the opera Der Freischütz by Carl Maria von Weber , Act II, 6th appearance. The protagonists Caspar and Max are shown pouring free balls.
In the hunting mythology , the Freischütz (also Freischützen ) is a hunter who is able to achieve complete accuracy by having a free ball . He could acquire this by pouring the ball on a certain date at midnight in a secluded place or by taking aim at the raised host and carving a cross on the ball at midnight mass, hidden in the church, without shooting .
The opera Der Freischütz by Carl Maria von Weber takes up the motif from the hunting mythology. The motif of the free shooter also appears in a legend about the Glücksburg Forest near Flensburg .
literature
- Article “Freischütz” in: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie. Volume 7, 19th edition, Mannheim 1988, ISBN 3-7653-1107-3 , page 636 f.
Web links
Wiktionary: Freischütz - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
See also
- Freischütz (excursion restaurant) , an excursion restaurant in the Ardey Mountains between Dortmund and Schwerte
- Freischütz (Bayern Park) , a roller coaster
- Villa Freischütz , a museum in Merano ( South Tyrol )