# Fräulein Schildknecht — The Magic Mountain character guide

> Fräulein Schildknecht in The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Alfreda Schildknecht, Sister Alfreda

**First appearance:** 0005-number-34

## Who they are

A nurse at the Berghof sanatorium.

## In the story

### [He Practises His French](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_magic_mountain_se/chapters/he-practises-his-french)

The corridor nurse (Sister Berta) desperately holds the cousins in conversation, complaining of boredom, her cultured origins, and the doctors.

### [The Dance of Death](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_magic_mountain_se/chapters/the-dance-of-death)

Nurse to Fritz Rotbein; Hans arranges the visit with her.

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