# The Magic Mountain — Character guide

> Key figures in The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann.

- [Hans Castorp](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_magic_mountain_se/characters/hans_castorp.md): A young German engineer who visits his cousin at a sanatorium in the Swiss Alps and ends up staying for years.
- [Joachim Ziemssen](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_magic_mountain_se/characters/joachim_ziemssen.md): Hans Castorp's cousin, a disciplined soldier who is a patient at the Berghof sanatorium.
- [Ludovico Settembrini](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_magic_mountain_se/characters/ludovico_settembrini.md): An Italian humanist, writer, and freemason who becomes Hans Castorp's intellectual mentor at the sanatorium.
- [Clavdia Chauchat](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_magic_mountain_se/characters/clavdia_chauchat.md): A mysterious, slovenly, and captivating Russian patient at the Berghof who fascinates Hans Castorp.
- [Leo Naphta](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_magic_mountain_se/characters/leo_naphta.md): A Jesuit-educated, radical Jewish intellectual who engages in fierce debates with Settembrini.
- [Pieter Peeperkorn](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_magic_mountain_se/characters/pieter_peeperkorn.md): A charismatic, inarticulate Dutch coffee planter with a commanding presence who arrives with Clavdia Chauchat.
- [Hofrat Behrens](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_magic_mountain_se/characters/hofrat_behrens.md): The director and chief doctor of the Berghof sanatorium, a tall, moody, and painterly figure.
- [Dr. Krokowski](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_magic_mountain_se/characters/dr_krokowski.md): The assistant doctor at the Berghof, who gives lectures on psychoanalytic themes.
- [Frau Stöhr](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_magic_mountain_se/characters/frau_stohr.md): A vulgar, gossipy, and uneducated patient at the Berghof who is part of Hans Castorp's dining table.
- [Herr Albin](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_magic_mountain_se/characters/herr_albin.md): A young, frivolous patient who flirts with suicide and represents the morbid frivolity of the sanatorium.
- [Fräulein von Mylendonk](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_magic_mountain_se/characters/frau_director_von_mylendonk.md): The head nurse and administrative director of the Berghof sanatorium, known for a facial blemish.
- [Ellen Brand](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_magic_mountain_se/characters/ellen_brand.md): A young, delicate Danish girl at the sanatorium who displays possible telekinetic and mediumistic abilities.
- [James Tienappel](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_magic_mountain_se/characters/james_tienappel.md): Hans Castorp's uncle from Hamburg who visits the Berghof to persuade his nephew to return home.
- [Ferdinand Wehsal](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_magic_mountain_se/characters/ferdinand_wehsal.md): A forlorn, lovesick merchant from Mannheim who is also a patient and admirer of Clavdia Chauchat.
- [Anton Karlowitsch Ferge](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_magic_mountain_se/characters/anton_karlowitsch_ferge.md): A good-natured, simple Russian patient who suffered a traumatic pneumothorax operation.
- [Hermine Kleefeld](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_magic_mountain_se/characters/hermine_kleefeld.md): A lively, sharp-tongued patient at the Berghof who is part of the 'half-lung club'.
- [Marusja](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_magic_mountain_se/characters/marusja.md): A pretty, giggling Russian woman who is the object of Joachim Ziemssen's silent affection.
- [Frau Ziemssen](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_magic_mountain_se/characters/frau_ziemssen.md): Joachim Ziemssen's mother, who visits the Berghof and is a sensible, caring figure.
- [Pribislav Hippe](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_magic_mountain_se/characters/pribislav_hippe.md): A schoolmate of Hans Castorp's youth, remembered for his Slavic features and borrowed pencil.
- [Lawyer Paravant](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_magic_mountain_se/characters/lawyer_paravant.md): A patient obsessed with mathematical problems, representing the intellectual diversions of the sanatorium.
- [Karen Karstedt](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_magic_mountain_se/characters/karen_karstedt.md): A patient at the Berghof suffering from open wounds on her fingers, whose death is noted.
- [Dr. Blumenkohl](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_magic_mountain_se/characters/dr_blumenkohl.md): A silent, morose patient who sits at Hans Castorp's dining table and later dies.
- [Frau Salomon](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_magic_mountain_se/characters/frau_salomon.md): A patient at the Berghof, often mentioned in the context of the dining society.
- [Frau Magnus](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_magic_mountain_se/characters/frau_magnus.md): A patient at the Berghof whose husband, Herr Magnus, also resides there.
- [Herr Magnus](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_magic_mountain_se/characters/herr_magnus.md): The husband of Frau Magnus, a fellow patient at the sanatorium.
- [Frau Redisch](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_magic_mountain_se/characters/frau_redisch.md): A Polish patient at the Berghof, wife of Herr Redisch.
- [Fräulein Engelhart](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_magic_mountain_se/characters/fraulein_engelhart.md): A patient at the Berghof who provides Hans Castorp with information about Clavdia Chauchat.
- [The Czech Wenzel](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_magic_mountain_se/characters/the_czech_wenzel.md): A patient at the Berghof, known for his hearty appetite.
- [Herr Popoff](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_magic_mountain_se/characters/herr_popoff.md): A Russian patient at the Berghof, husband of a very ill wife.
- [Barbara Hujus](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_magic_mountain_se/characters/barbara_hujus.md): A young girl who is a patient at the Berghof.
- [Frau von Mallinckrodt](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_magic_mountain_se/characters/frau_von_mallinckrodt.md): A patient at the Berghof, mother of the sick boy 'Fritz'.
- [Fritz Rotbein](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_magic_mountain_se/characters/fritz_rotbein.md): The sick son of Frau von Mallinckrodt, a patient at the Berghof.
- [Leila Gerngross](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_magic_mountain_se/characters/leila_gerngross.md): A young, flirtatious patient at the Berghof.
- [Sister Berta](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_magic_mountain_se/characters/sister_berta.md): A nurse at the Berghof sanatorium, known as 'Sister Berta'.
- [The Bathing Master](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_magic_mountain_se/characters/the_bathing_master.md): The attendant who administers the rest cure on the balconies of the Berghof.
- [Grandfather Castorp](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_magic_mountain_se/characters/grandfather_castorp.md): Hans Castorp's grandfather, a senator, remembered from Hans's childhood.
- [Giuseppe Settembrini](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_magic_mountain_se/characters/giuseppe_settembrini.md): Ludovico Settembrini's grandfather, an Italian patriot and journalist.
- [Dr. Heidekind](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_magic_mountain_se/characters/dr_heidekind.md): The family doctor who examines Hans Castorp in Hamburg before his journey.
- [Old Wilms](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_magic_mountain_se/characters/old_wilms.md): A foreman at Hans Castorp's engineering firm in Hamburg.
- [Lukaçek](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_magic_mountain_se/characters/lukacek.md): A tailor in the village below the Berghof who makes clothing for the patients.
- [Stanislaw von Zutawski](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_magic_mountain_se/characters/stanislaw_von_zutawski.md): A Polish patient at the Berghof, part of the Russian social circle.
- [Michael Lodygowski](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_magic_mountain_se/characters/michael_lodygowski.md): A Polish patient at the Berghof sanatorium.
- [Janusz Teofil Lenart](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_magic_mountain_se/characters/janusz_lenart.md): A Polish patient at the Berghof sanatorium.
- [Kasimir Japoll](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_magic_mountain_se/characters/kasimir_japoll.md): A patient at the Berghof who is involved in a duel.
- [The Student Rasmussen](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_magic_mountain_se/characters/the_student_rasmussen.md): A student and patient at the Berghof, known for his extreme thinness.
- [Gänser](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_magic_mountain_se/characters/ganser.md): A young patient at the Berghof, friend of Rasmussen.
- [Dr. Ting-fu](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_magic_mountain_se/characters/dr_ting_fu.md): A Chinese student and patient at the Berghof who studies folk song.
- [Clavdia Chauchat (as Hippe)](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_magic_mountain_se/characters/frau_chauchat_hippe_merged.md): Hans Castorp's memory of his schoolmate Hippe merges with his perception of Clavdia Chauchat.

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