[HPforGrownups] Re: Durmstrang's location

[Gina G]

No: HPFGUIDX 31974

My own personal opinion is that Durmstrang is in Eastern Europe, just 
judging from the names used - "Karkaroff" could be an alternate spelling of 
"Karkarov", which is definitely a Russian or Slavic-sounding name. There are 
also a few other students with Slavic names mentioned. Also, in GoF, during 
the Weighing of the Wands, Ollivander mentions that Krum's wand comes from a 
maker named Gregorovitch, which sounds Russian or Slavic as well (although 
in Polish it would be spelled Gregorowicz). Since Hogwarts is in Scotland 
(reportedly), and pretty much all of the students are from the UK, it would 
be reasonable to assume that, since most of Durmstrang's students seem to be 
of Eastern European origin (especially through JKR's expression of their 
accents - trust me, I'm Polish, the accents work out to be Slavic), 
Durmstrang would be located in Eastern Europe.

By the way, this is my first time posting here, so hi everyone! I'm 
twenty-three, and my favorite character recently became Snape, because Alan 
Rickman played him SO well in the movie (and looked SO good doing it)! I 
didn't really have a favorite in the books before I saw the movie, but now 
I'm watching Snape's every move...

Gina

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