LONG: School-locations, mostly Durmstrang

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No: HPFGUIDX 20313

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Christian Stubø <rhodhry at y...> wrote:

> 
> One could also look at this linguistically.  While
> Durmstrang is a name derived from German (from Sturm
> und Drang, a literary movement advocating the
> abandonment of sense), and seems to indicate a German
> relation, both Karkaroff and Viktor Krum are Slavic. 
> This suggests a closer connection to Russia and
> Eastern Europe than Germany, though that may be a
> later development.  To me, it doesn't not seem
> immediately logical that Slavic students would accept
> learning in German, rather than Russian, for instance,
> when Slavic-speakers certainly are numerous enough to
> justify one or more schools on their own –

Thanks for leading me here! I like the above thought.  

I think JKR doesn't always give us a direct answer.  It would 
probably give away something important.  However, if she said it was 
by Norway I will take her word for it. It's just that it would be so 
much better for my own theories if Durmstrang was located by areas 
full of vampire folklore ^_~

Koinonia