# Grandfather Castorp — The Magic Mountain character guide

> Grandfather Castorp in The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Hans Lorenz Castorp, Senator Castorp, old Castorp

**First appearance:** 0008-of-the-christening-basin-and-of-grandfather-in-his-twofold-guise

## Who they are

Hans Castorp's grandfather, a senator, remembered from Hans's childhood.

## In the story

### [Of the Christening Basin, and of Grandfather in His Twofold Guise](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_magic_mountain_se/chapters/of-the-christening-basin-and-of-grandfather-in-his-twofold-guise)

Senator Hans Lorenz Castorp; a figure of stern, old-world dignity, resistant to modernity. Described in his everyday life and immortalized in his official portrait wearing historic civic regalia.

### [At Tienappels’, and of Young Hans’s Moral State](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_magic_mountain_se/chapters/at-tienappels-and-of-young-hans-s-moral-state)

Mentioned in relation to Hans's physical likeness and the potential political conservatism it might suggest to his fellow citizens.

### [Mounting Misgivings. Of the Two Grandfathers, and the Boat-Ride in the Twilight](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_magic_mountain_se/chapters/mounting-misgivings-of-the-two-grandfathers-and-the-boat-ride-in-the-twilight)

Recalled by Hans as a symbol of pious reverence for the past, wearing black to mourn a bygone era, in stark contrast to Giuseppe Settembrini.

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