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[edit] Legend
| Colour | Description |
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| Most probable locations for Hogwarts | |
| Primary recruitment ground for Hogwarts | |
| Secondary recruitment ground for Hogwarts | |
| Most probable locations for Beauxbatons | |
| Primary recruitment ground for Beauxbatons | |
| Secondary recruitment ground for Beauxbatons | |
| Most probable locations for Durmstrang | |
| Primary recruitment ground for Durmstrang | |
| Secondary recruitment ground for Durmstrang | |
| Country without an obvious wizarding school to go to | |
| Sea / lake |
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| Description |
Map of the possible locations of the fictional European wichcraft schools in Harry Potter. |
|---|---|
| Source |
Own work |
| Date |
2006-04-30 |
| Author |
Laurent Griot |
| Permission |
Full permission to anyone for any purpose |
| Other versions | None |
[edit] Summary
This maps show the most likely locations of the wichcraft schools in Europe according to the Harry Potter books. For the school locations:
- Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry: Scotland, but not too close to a main city (desolate surroundings).
- Beauxbatons Academy of Magic: Clues are 1. language, 2. warm weather, 3. bouillabaisse. These lead to the mediterranean coast of France
- Durmstrang Institute for Magical Study: Clues are 1. Viktor Krum says that the days are very short in winter, while comparing Durmstrang with Hogwarts, which means a latitude closer to the North Pole than Scotland. 2. Students speak with a Slavic accent, not a German accent 3. Viktor Krum (of Bulgarian nationality) is a student. 4. Igor Karkaroff is a distinctively Slavic name. 5. Viktor says that Durmstrang grounds contain mountains and a lakes, like Hogwarts. I have therefore placed Durmstrang in the few places that are populated with Slavic speaking people, and have both mountains and lakes, and that are closer to the North Pole than Scotland.
Recruitment grounds: The idea in this map is that the language barrier is a major issue for learning and therefore the recruitment ground has some linguistic basis. Hogwarts recruitment is only from UK and Ireland (JKR said it in this interview). Beaubatons uses the French language which must make the school quite inaccessible to non-Latin language speakers. Durmstrang, to attract so many Slavic speakers, must teach in some Slavic language (most probably Russian, given its possible locations) and therefore is fairly easily accessible to speaker of other Slavic languages (like Bulgarians, Pols etc.), but my assumption is that it is not readily available to German native speakers, despite its name. (note that St Petersburg is a very German name, but is definitely a place in Russia). This leaves the people speaking a Germanic language without a school to go to, which is an interesting missing element in Harry Potter's world.
I, Laurent Griot, have made this map myself, and I hereby release all rights.
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