# Joachim Ziemssen — The Magic Mountain character guide

> Joachim Ziemssen in The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** young Ziemssen, Cousin Joachim, Lieutenant Ziemssen

**First appearance:** 0003-chapter-i

## Who they are

Hans Castorp's cousin, a disciplined soldier who is a patient at the Berghof sanatorium.

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