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Pastor Pringsheim is a local clergyman. He presides over the funerals of several members of the Buddenbrook family. After Thomas’s death, Pringsheim serves as co-guardian to Hanno alongside Steven Kistenmaker. Frustrated with Hanno’s poor performance in school, Pringsheim suggests that the Buddenbrook family has long since fallen from grace and that Hanno is a lost cause.
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Pastor Pringsheim Character Timeline in Buddenbrooks
The timeline below shows where the character Pastor Pringsheim appears in Buddenbrooks. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Part 9, Chapter 3
...are also those who “had been duty-bound to come: the Möllendorpfs, Kistenmakers, Langhalses, and Oeverdiecks.” Pastor Pringsheim gives a eulogy. The Ladies Buddenbrook from Breite Strasse show no sign of emotion. Pastor...
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Part 10, Chapter 8
...certain. Tony takes this as confirmation that Thomas will soon die, and she sends for Pastor Pringsheim . Pringsheim arrives later and gives Thomas his last rites. The doctors come and go...
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Part 10, Chapter 9
...then Thomas’s casket is placed in the Buddenbrook family vault, where he joins his parents. Pastor Pringsheim presides over the ceremony. Christian listens, and the stiff formality of it all leaves him...
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Part 11, Chapter 2
Hanno admits that in a recent confirmation class, Pastor Pringsheim suggested he just give up on Hanno—that Hanno belongs to “a degenerate family.” This piques...
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