The Historical Geography of the Wizarding World

[dorapye]

No: HPFGUIDX 90059

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Susan Miller" 
<constancevigilance at y...> wrote:
> Actually, canonically, we have only THREE Wizarding Schools, and 
the 
> locations of THOSE are in dispute. I think we all agree that 
Hogwarts 
> is in Scotland, but we don't have absolute canonic proof of even 
> that. That Beubatons is in France is also likely, but it could be 
in 
> French-speaking Belgium. While I firmly believe that Durmstrang is 
in 
> Scandinavia, there is much disagreement on that accord among our 
> listees who have made good cases for Eastern Europe and northern 
> Russia. 
> 

dorapye:
We have three *named* wizarding schools, but a suggestion that there 
are, or have been, others, from DD himself, no less:

GoF p 165 (UK)
'The Triwizard Tournament was first established some seven hundred 
years ago, as a friendly competition between the three /largest/ 
European schools of wizardry - Hogwarts, Beauxbatons and 
Durmstrang...' (my emphasis)

Of course, in the seven hundred years since, maybe all but the three 
largest schools have closed, but this line would suggest that at the 
least there *have been* other European schools of wizardry, even if 
there are only three now. But can we assume that Hogwarts, 
Beauxbatons and Durmstrang are the *only* European wizard schools 
now?

dorapye