# Baron Weissschnitzerdörfer — The Special Correspondent character guide

> Baron Weissschnitzerdörfer in The Special Correspondent by Jules Verne.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** the Baron Weissschnitzerdörfer

**First appearance:** 0000-i

## Who they are

A baron with a lengthy name, likely a comic or minor noble.

## In the story

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_special_correspondent_se/chapters/iv)

German passenger with a ruddy face and long nose; heading to Peking.

### [Uzun Ada and the Grand Transasiatic](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_special_correspondent_se/chapters/v)

A German passenger cataloged by Claudius.

### [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_special_correspondent_se/chapters/vi)

German passenger; shortsighted, reads the timetable and complains about delays.

### [Kizil Arvat and the Transcaspian Railway](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_special_correspondent_se/chapters/vii)

Mentioned as having complained about the train's delay; not directly present in the chapter.

### [Chapter VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_special_correspondent_se/chapters/viii)

Loses his hat to the wind and an oncoming train, causing a comedic scene.

### [XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_special_correspondent_se/chapters/xi)

Eats continuously, astonishing Doctor Tio-King with his disregard for Cornaro's precepts.

### [XV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_special_correspondent_se/chapters/xv)

Protests the delay caused by the broken coupling; is silenced by Faruskiar's look.

### [Chapter XVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_special_correspondent_se/chapters/xvi)

Panics over lost papers, eventually finds them in his nineteenth pocket, and boards the train just in time.

### [The Attack in the Gobi](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_special_correspondent_se/chapters/xx)

Furious about the delay to his round-the-world trip, fights recklessly.

### [The Aftermath of the Attack](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_special_correspondent_se/chapters/xxi)

Anxious about delays; works with great ardor.

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