Location of Durmstrang (was:Re: Quirrel and Scandinavia?)

[Julia]

No: HPFGUIDX 88004


Carol:

> I'll yield to anyone who shows me the passage quoting JKR as stating
> that Durmstrang is in Scandinavia. Till then, I agree with you that
> it's probably in Russia, but hidden from Muggle eyes through a spell
> rather than through a location so far north that a student from
> Bulgaria like Krum would find the cold unbearable.
 
Julia:

Yeah...When I read the GOF for the first time I was sure that Durmstrang as well as most of it's 
staff and students come from somewhere in Russia. What's interesting all names connected with 
this school are Slavic except from 'Durmstrang'. 
Durmstrang is an interesting word. 'Durm und Strang' is the name of Nazi opera which 
propagated pure bood and also 'Sturm und Drang' is the trend in romanticism in Germany 
(conected with Goethe and Byron). I'm wondering why JKR gave such a name for the school 
which comes from Russia (or other Slavic country...) 

 I cant find any canon which can support the idea of where Durmstrang is located. But I hardly 
believe that it's somewhere in Scandinavia. All tips lead us to Russia...

Julia