Вольный стрелок
His version of "Der Freischütz" was published as the first story of the first volume of his and Friedrich Laun's "Gespensterbuch" horror anthology (1811). Friedrich Kind and Carl Maria von Weber drew on this version as the main source for the story of their opera "Der Freischütz" (1821). On recommendation of Carl von Brühl they abandoned their working title "The Hunter's Bride" to the better known title of Apel's tale.