Harry Potter was born on July 31, 1980. As a child, he lost his parents at the hands of the darkest magician - Lord Voldemort, with the spell "Avada Gedavra", but he himself survived. Since then he has become the most famous child in the wizarding world. In 1991, he entered the School of Witchcraft and Wizardry - Hogwarts, and was enrolled in the Gryffindor faculty, where he found his best friends - Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger. Many adventures await him at school: in the first year he defended the philosopher's stone, in the second he killed the Basilisk and saved Ron's sister Ginny, in the third he found his godfather - Sirius Black, in the fourth year he had to face the Triwizard Tournament, in the fifth he loses the one closest to him man - Sirius, and also creates "Dumbledore's Squad" - there he taught his friends defense against the dark arts, and on the sixth he learns the darkest secrets of Lord Voldemort and loses... Dumbledore... As a result, he decides to leave school, setting himself the goal of ending the dark lord. His friends follow him. What will happen next is unknown.
Hermione Granger
Hermione Granger was born on September 19, 1979 into a Muggle family. She read a lot of books about magic, and in 1991 she entered Hogwarts, Gryffindor. She is one of the best students at Hogwarts. Her best friends are Ron and Harry, with whom she leaves school in her sixth year due to the death of the director. Member of the OD.
Ron Weasley
Ronald Weasley was born on March 1, 1980 in big family Arthur and Molly Weasley. He has 4 older brothers - twins Fred and George, who are always making fun of him, Bill, Charlie, there is also younger sister Ginny. In 1991, Ron was admitted to Hogwarts, where he found best friends - Harry and Hermione. Member of Dumbledore's Squad.
Ginny Weasley
Ginny Weasley was born on August 11, 1981. In 1992, she was enrolled in Hogwarts, in the Gryffindor faculty. Ron Weasley's sister. she always liked Harry, but in her fourth year she started dating Michael Corner, and then, in her fifth year, Dean Thomas, which greatly irritated Harry. After some time they quarreled, and Ginny and Harry are now together. Member of Dumbledore's Army.
Neville Longbottom
Neville was born on July 30, 1980 (the day before Harry was born). The prophecy says that Neville or Harry will kill Voldemort, but which of them is unknown. His parents ended up in St. Mungo's Hospital as a result of the Death Eaters using the Crucio curse. In 1991, he was enrolled at Hogwarts. Most of all he is afraid of Professor Snape (Snape, as you like). Member of the OD.
Seamus Finnigan
Seamus was born in 1980. In 1991, he was enrolled in the Gryffindor faculty, where he makes a best friend, Dean Thomas. Seamus and Harry's relationship is not bad, but they often have arguments. Member of the OD.
Parvati Patil
Parvati was born in 1980 into a Hindu family who came to Britain as emigrants. She has a twin sister, Padma. In 1991, Parvati was enrolled in Hogwarts, in the Gryffindor faculty. Her best friend- Lavender Brown, with whom they like to discuss someone. In her fourth year, Harry was invited to the Yule Ball. Member of Dumbledore's Army.
Lavender Brown.
Lavender Brown was born in 1980. In 1991, she was enrolled in the Gryffindor house, where she quickly became friends with Parvati Patil. Lavender is a member of the Dumbledore Squad. In her sixth year, Lavender fell in love with Ron Weasley - they hugged all the time - in the hallway, in the common room, in the common room, which really pissed Hermione off. Soon Lavender and Ron broke up - the conversations between Ron and Hermione greatly irritated Lavender, which was good for Ron - he quickly got tired of their relationship.
Luna Lovegood
Luna Lovegood was born in 1980. She lost her mother at the age of nine. In 1991, she was enrolled at Hogwarts, in the Ravenclaw faculty. The girl is very strange, thoughtful, sometimes she is called Half-Smart, but the good thing about her is that she always has her own opinion on everything. Her father is an editor quite famous newspaper- "Quitters." In her fifth year, Luna met Harry, Ron and Hermione on the Hogwarts Express train. At the end of the year, she helped Harry, Ron, Hermione, Ginny and Neville fight the Death Eaters. Member of the OD.
Padma Patil
Padma Patil was born in 1980 into a Hindu family who came to Britain. She has a twin sister, Parvati. In 1991, Padma was enrolled at Hogwarts, in Ravenclaw. In her fourth year, she was invited by Ron to the Yule Ball. Ron treated Padma poorly - he refused to dance with her. Padma is a member of Dumbledore's Army.
Zhou Chang
Zhou was born into a family of Chinese immigrants in 1980. In 1991, she was enrolled in Ravenclaw, where she made a lot of friends. The best is Marietta Edgecombe. In her fifth year, Cho dated Harry, then they quarreled. Zhou is a member of the OD.
Marietta Edgecombe
Marietta Edgecome was born in 1980. Marietta enrolled at Hogwarts in 1991, where she became friends with Cho. Marietta is a member of Dmbledore's Squad, but she soon told Professor Umbridge about this, and she told the Ministry. In general, Marietta did a great stupidity, but then Marietta repented, giving several false facts in favor of Harry.
Draco Malfoy.
Draco Malfoy was born on June 5, 1980 to Lucius and Seliana Malfoy. His parents are purebred wizards. His father Lucius is a death eater, and his mother does not shine with kindness either. In 1991, Draco was enrolled in Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, in the Slytherin House, where he made, so to speak, “friends” Vincent Crabbe and Gregory Goyle. In fact, this cannot be called friendship - they simply grovel before him and obey him. Draco hates half-bloods and Muggles, and his main enemy is Harry. Harry always knew that Malfoy was up to no good - yes, he was right, Draco was going to kill Dumbledore, but Professor Snape (Snape) did it, after which they fled.
Where else will teachers teach you how to fly on a broom, brew a potion and move in space? Of course in! After all, the teachers here are not only great minds, but also real wizards!
SEVERUS SNAPE
Potions and Defense Teacher dark forces, part-time dean of Slytherin. By the way, he doesn’t like students from other faculties, so he never misses an opportunity to deduct points from them and impose punishment. Throughout the film, Snape is promoted - he is appointed director of Hogwarts. By the way, Severus is the only wizard, besides Voldemort, who moves through the air without.
MINERVA McGONALL 
Deputy Headmaster of Hogwarts, transfiguration teacher. Be careful with pranks at the Magic Academy. Make sure that there is no tabby cat nearby - Minerva is a real animagus who can take the form of an animal.
ALBUS DUMBLEDORE
The most powerful wizard of his time, professor of transfiguration and part-time director of Hogwarts. He entered the history of magic as the creator of twelve ways to use dragon blood.
CUTHBERT BEANS
An example of how Hogwarts teachers are not mediocre. Beans is a teacher of the history of magic all rolled into one! True, he is still a bore, only Hermione can listen to him.
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Professor of spells, dean of the Ravenclaw faculty. Thanks to his non-conflict nature, he enjoys well-deserved authority among students and teachers. Despite his small stature, Flitwick is a very powerful wizard. At one time he became the champion of the dueling club! And Zlatopust Lokons claimed that Filius knows about love spells much more than any sorcerer!
RUBEUS HAGRID
Perhaps the most good-natured teacher at the Academy of Magic, teaching students the intricacies of caring for magical creatures.
QUIREUS QUIRELL
Harry's first Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher. He is easily recognized by his purple turban, which he said was given to him by an Eastern prince. They say it contains garlic that repels vampires. One of the wizards, who does not use a magic wand, is performed with a snap of his fingers.
DOLORES AMBRIDGE
Assistant to the Minister of Magic, Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher. At one time she held the post of director of Hogwarts, but failure awaited her here, sending her back to the ministry.
MADAM TRICK
A teacher who will teach even the most seemingly hopeless student to fly on a broom! In addition, she is a judge of inter-faculty competitions.
Hogwarts is a school of witchcraft and wizardry. Within its walls, young wizards and sorceresses are taught the basics of magic. Starting from the third year, additional classes are added to the main subjects, which students choose independently. Also, all young wizards pass mandatory exams that demonstrate the level of knowledge acquired.
What subjects do young wizards study at Hogwarts?
Lists of activities
In their first years of study, all students at Hogwarts study the following subjects:
- astronomy;
- spells;
- Defense Against the Dark Arts;
- potions;
- history of magic;
- herbology;
- transfiguration;
- flying on brooms.
At the end of the second year of study, students must choose two new subjects, the study of which will begin in the third year. You can choose from the following Hogwarts:
- ancient runes;
- Muggle Studies;
- numerology;
- divination;
- care of magical creatures.
Of course, not all objects at Hogwarts are described in detail in the books. The following activities were considered the most important and difficult:
- spells;
- Defense Against the Dark Arts;
- potions;
- transfiguration.
Herbology, Divination, and Care of Magical Creatures are also often mentioned, although these subjects are not considered too difficult or important for further study after Hogwarts.
Exams
At the end of the fifth year of study, exams are taken in all subjects studied at Hogwarts - OWL (standards for teaching magic). Based on the grades they receive, students choose what they will study next. At Hogwarts there is special system ratings:
- "perfect";
- "above expected";
- "satisfactorily";
- "weak";
- "disgusting";
- "troll".
By passing the OWL, students can graduate from school. Of course, in order to master a prestigious profession, most continue their education. In the seventh year, students take the TOAD (a creepy academic brilliance assessment). The exams are assessed by a special commission, and the results are sent to students via owl mail or announced immediately after passing the exam.
Spells
One of the main subjects at Hogwarts is spells. For spells, Latin or the student's native language can be used. They are also divided into two groups:
- verbal are those that are spoken out loud;
- non-verbal - they are pronounced mentally, this requires great concentration.
The difficulty of this item is that all movements of the wand and words must be repeated exactly, otherwise you may not get the desired effect from the spell.
The teacher for this course is Professor Flitwick, who is also the Dean of Ravenclaw. His classes have a more relaxed atmosphere than McGonagall's and Snape's. Professor Flitwick stands out among other teachers: he is very vertically challenged. In order for the students from the last desks to see him, he stands on a stack of books.
Flitwick is known for his sense of humor. He always encourages students to experiment in his lessons. He treated well not only Ravenclaws, but also students from other faculties. Thanks to his knowledge and friendly character, he enjoys well-deserved authority among students and teachers.
Defense Against the Dark Arts
One of the difficult and core subjects at Hogwarts is Defense Against the Dark Arts. In this course, students learn ways to protect themselves from dementors, boggarts, werewolves, and other dangerous creatures. This lesson also teaches how to defend against unforgivable spells and attacks from dark wizards.
Most of the classes are devoted to practice, because most teachers believe that this will allow students to master Defense Against the Dark Arts. The only exception was Dolores Umbridge, who paid attention to studying theory - she believed that children did not need practice, since no one would attack them.
It was noteworthy that no one stayed in the position of teacher of this discipline for more than a year. Here are the defenses against the Dark Arts:
- Professor Quirrell. Helped the Dark Lord, wanted to find the philosopher's stone. Died in the dungeon.
- He pretended to be a skilled wizard. Lost my memory. I ended up in St. Mungo's Hospital.
- Left school by at will, when everyone found out that he was a werewolf.
- Mad-Eye Moody. Revealed to be Barty Crouch Jr., he was exposed and subjected to the Dementor's Kiss.
- Dolores Umbridge. She tried to introduce a dictatorship at Hogwarts, prohibiting the use of spells during lessons. She was fired from school.
- Severus Snape. He became the director of the school, but left it due to hostile professors and students.
- Was a Death Eater, then ended up in Azkaban.
When Voldemort was defeated, the teaching position began to be occupied by one person, and Harry Potter lectured there several times a year.
Potions
Also, one of the compulsory subjects studied at Hogwarts is potions. Students study the compositions of various potions, what properties they have and how to prepare them correctly. Potions making is a very difficult subject, because it is very important to follow the potion recipe, otherwise it can lead to irreparable consequences.
One of the Potions teachers was Severus Snape. There was always silence in his lessons, he was very strict with his students. Snape was sure that only a few would be able to appreciate this item. Severus had great abilities in potions, and he was also the head of Slytherin.
Another teacher of this discipline was Horace Slughorn. He held the position of teacher before Severus Snape. Horace loved to surround himself with talented young people and even created the Slug Club. After Severus Snape, Slughorn returned to this position again (after the persuasion of Dumbledore and Harry Potter).
Horace liked to surround himself with "helpful" people. The origin of the wizard was not important to him - if communication with him was beneficial, he maintained acquaintance with him. Slughorn was also talented in potions. During the Battle of Hogwarts, he proved himself to be a brave wizard.
Transfiguration
One of the compulsory subjects at Hogwarts school is transfiguration. Here, students learn ways to transform one object into another, transition from one state to another, the disappearance and creation of new objects. This discipline is extremely difficult, requiring concentration and a certain level of magical skill.
There are two known transfiguration teachers - Albus Dumbledore, who then became the headmaster of Hogwarts, and Professor Minerva McGonagall, who replaced him. She became his deputy and head of Gryffindor. Professor McGonagall is a strict teacher, she is smart and has authority among students and other professors. Minerva is a powerful sorceress and animagus (she can turn into a cat).
Herbology
In the herbology course, students study various plants and their properties. Classes take place in greenhouses. Special attention is given dangerous plants: not only their features are studied, but also ways to neutralize them.
The teacher of Herbology was Professor Sprout, who also served as Head of Hufflepuff. She is a friendly, slightly unkempt woman of small stature. The thing is that she spends a lot of time in the greenhouse with plants. Professor Sprout is an expert in herbology. It copes well with any plants. Her best student was Neville Longbottom, who later began teaching this subject.
Divinations
In divination, the students studied various ways fortune telling and dream interpretation. But not all wizards took this course seriously.
Harry Potter liked this item least of all. Dumbledore made Sibyl Trelawney his teacher of divination. Although she did not have clairvoyant abilities, it was Trelawney who made that famous prophecy about Harry Potter.
Then the centaur Florenz began to conduct divinations. He shared courses with Professor Trelawney. Some thought that Florenz's classes were more interesting than Trelawney's.
Care of Magical Creatures
Care of magical creatures is not mandatory, so it is studied only from the third year. Here, students learn how to communicate with various animals and how to care for them. The teacher for this lesson is Rubeus Hagrid, the gamekeeper at Hogwarts School. He loves taking care of animals, especially their dangerous species. It was one of Harry Potter's favorite objects at Hogwarts. And all because Hagrid was leading him.
The article presents short list what subjects young wizards study at Hogwarts. All teachers know their subject well, and some also have exceptional abilities, so it is not surprising that Hogwarts School has produced many famous and truly great wizards.
Hogwarts faculties This article is part of a series about the Wizarding World of Harry Potter.
| Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry | |
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| (Hogwarts) | |
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| original name | Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry |
| Motto | lat. Draco dormiens numquam titillandus , "Never tickle a sleeping dragon" |
| Year of foundation | 11th century |
| Type | school of magic |
| Rector | Minerva McGonagall |
| Students | Gryffindor Hufflepuff Ravenclaw Slytherin |
| Location | Great Britain |
Hogwarts(the official name is Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry or, less commonly, Hogwarts Academy of Witchcraft and Wizardry, translated as Hogwarts School/Academy of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The clarification in the second book that “Hogwarts” translated into “Muggle” language is “boar” is not accurate. If you rearrange the syllables of the English name (Hogwarts), you get the word warthog, that is, African wild boar, warthog.).
Hogwarts is most likely the only school of magic in England. The training lasts 7 years. There are exams at the end of each year, but the exams at the end of the 5th and 7th years are especially important for the future of students. The exact number of Hogwarts students is unknown, but most likely absolutely all child wizards from Great Britain are accepted there. If we take into account the number of students in one course of one faculty, and on average this is 10 people, then in total there are approximately 280 children studying at the school.
Albus Dumbledore, his deputy is Minerva McGonagall. The Director reports to the Board of Trustees, consisting of 12 people.
Education at the school is free, but students usually buy books and school equipment themselves. However, there is a special fund for the purchase of textbooks and school equipment for low-income students.
School location and general information
a huge, crumbling, rather terrifying-looking castle, with a chaotic tangle of turrets and battlements. Like the Weasley House, this building could not have been built by Muggles because it is maintained by magic.
According to another interview, Hogwarts is located somewhere in Scotland. Numerous spells in and around the school make it impossible for a Muggle to find the school: all a Muggle can see are ruins and a "Keep out" sign. On the school grounds, in addition to the castle, there is a mountain lake, a large forest called the Forbidden because of the dangerous creatures living there (in particular, giant spiders (Acromantulas) and centaurs), greenhouses, a cemetery (by the end of the sixth book, among others, the white marble crypt of the deceased Albus Dumbledore), an owlery, a gamekeeper's hut and a Quidditch pitch. The castle is surrounded by mountains. The stairs (of which there are 142 in the castle) and school rooms move. The castle is hung with paintings of characters visiting each other. Some doors in the castle open only if you touch them in a certain place, others - if you ask them politely, still others are false doors, and behind them there is a wall.
Transgression to and from Hogwarts is prohibited, but this ban can be lifted for a limited time in a limited space. Electronic and electrical devices do not work on Hogwarts grounds. In the book Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Hermione explains that the reason is high level magic on school grounds. However, the school has a radio that runs on magic rather than electricity.
The nearest settlement is the small village of Hogsmeade - the only one in England where only wizards live. Hogsmeade is also the name of not only the village, but also the railway station closest to Hogwarts, where the Hogwarts Express train arrives (see below). On the map that J. K. Rowling drew for the filming of her books, the station is located southeast of the school, and the village of Hogsmeade is to the northwest.
Hogwarts slogan - "Draco dormiens numquam titillandus", which means in Latin "never tickle a sleeping dragon". Rowling explained that she wanted to come up with a practical slogan for Hogwarts because most schools have lofty slogans like "Ad Astra" ("To the Stars"). Hogwarts also has a hymn, which is given in Chapter 1 of the book "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone."
Information about the number of students at Hogwarts is conflicting. In one interview, Rowling said that there are about 1000 of them in total, in another - that in the past she believed that there were about 600, but now she is not sure about this. There appear to be 40 students in the Potter course, 10 in each house.
The school is run by a principal and a deputy principal. By the time the action begins, the headmaster of the school is Albus Dumbledore, his deputy is Minerva McGonagall. The Director reports to the Board of Trustees, consisting of 12 people.
Little is known about the school's funding. Attempts by the Ministry of Magic to control the school ("Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix") suggest that the school is funded by the Ministry of Magic, although the sources of this funding are not specified.
According to Rowling's interview, the school is multifaith.
The novel mentions similar schools in other countries - Beauxbatons (Beauxbatons) in France and Durmstrang, probably located in one of the countries of the Scandinavian Peninsula. In addition, the Salem Witches Institute is mentioned, the name of which suggests that it is located in the United States. It is unclear from the text whether this institute is a school of magic, but Rowling confirmed that this is indeed the case. The fourth book also mentions a school of magic in Brazil.
Admission
The magic quill at Hogwarts records the birth of wizards and writes their names on a large scroll of parchment. Every year the scroll is read and invitations to Hogwarts are sent to all English children who turn 11 years old no later than August 31st. It is not necessary to accept the invitation: some parents prefer home schooling. The invitation must be accepted or rejected no later than July 31st. In the case of a child growing up with Muggles, one of the school staff comes to talk with the child and his parents or guardians and help him with the purchase of textbooks and equipment.
A list of textbooks, uniforms and equipment is sent along with the letter. In 1990, the list included 8 textbooks, as well as:
- Three simple work robes (black)
- One simple pointed hat (black) for every day
- One pair of protective gloves (dragon skin or similar material)
- One winter coat (black, silver clasps)
- 1 magic wand
- 1 boiler (tin, standard size No. 2)
- 1 set of glass or crystal bottles
- 1 telescope
- 1 copper scale
Students can bring an owl, cat, toad or rat. Freshmen are prohibited from bringing brooms with them.
Students usually buy books and school equipment themselves. The sixth book mentions a special fund for the purchase of textbooks and school equipment for low-income students.
The books do not contain information about how children under 11 years of age learn to read, write and count. Children with Muggle parents or guardians are likely to attend regular Muggle primary schools, as was the case with Harry Potter and probably Hermione Granger. Children from magical families may be taught by their parents or to teach them a program primary school some type of magic is used.
The road to Hogwarts and the first day
The standard way (at least for students) to get to Hogwarts is by the Hogwarts Express, which leaves platform 9¾ at 11 a.m. on September 1st. The platform can be reached by passing through the dividing barrier between platforms 9 and 10. The train runs all day and arrives at the magical village of Hogsmeade at midnight.
Hufflepuff
Ravenclaw
Slytherin
The following students studied in the Slytherin house at different times: Draco Malfoy, Pansy Parkinson, Vincent Crabbe, Gregory Goyle, Blaise Zabini, Marcus Flint, Theodore Nott, Milliscent Bulstrode, Adrian Pusey, Wayne Black, Tom Marvolo Riddle (Lord Voldemort), Severus Snape, Lucius Malfoy, Regulus Black, Bellatrix Lestrange, Marvolo Gloom, Morphine Gloom, Patricia Dammington, Narcissa Malfoy, Rodolphus Lestrange, Rabastan Lestrange, Horace Slughorn.
Semesters, vacations and holidays
Academic year structured in the same way as in regular schools and colleges in the UK.
The academic year is divided into 3 terms, separated by the Christmas and Easter holidays, starting on 1 September and ending in June, followed by a 9-week summer holiday. During the Christmas and Easter holidays, students have the right to stay at Hogwarts. Those who remain for the holidays do not attend classes, and a holiday is organized for them at Christmas and Easter. During the Easter holidays, teachers assign a large amount of homework to prepare for the annual exams.
There are no other holidays at Hogwarts. There are five holidays at Hogwarts: the first and last day of the school year, Halloween, Christmas and Easter. Sometimes additional celebrations are held, such as the Yule Ball during the Triwizard Tournament.
Items and personnel
There are about 13 teachers at Hogwarts, called (except for the broomstick teacher) professors, and each specializes in their own subject. In addition, the school employs a nurse, a caretaker, a librarian and a forester. About a hundred house elves work in the kitchen and keep the castle clean.
Required subjects
- Astronomy
Elective subjects
Exams and assessments
Regular papers are usually graded on a 100-point scale (from 0 to 100), although Hermione received a 112% in Charms in her first year and a 320% in Muggle Studies in her third.
At the end of the 5th year, an exam is held in all subjects studied, called OWL - Super Excellent Magic(English) OWLs - Ordinary Wizarding Levels ; other translation options - Standards for Teaching Magic, Standardized Wizard Marks, OWL - Completely Normal Magic Level). The OWL exams have the following grades:
- Passing grades
- P - Excellent
- B - Above Expected
- U - Satisfactory
- Failing grades
- C - Weak
- O - Disgusting
- T - Troll (To Ron, this last assessment at first seemed like a joke between Fred and George, but then it turned out to be real).
To continue studying in this subject, you must obtain a grade of at least U, although some teachers require P or IN. Some students who receive low grades continue to study at the OWL level for the last two years.
After the 7th year, students take exams TOAD - Creepy Academic Brilliant Certification(English) NEWT - Nastily Exhausting Wizarding Tests ; in other translations - SPIDER - The Most Difficult Certification of the Sorcerer's Skills And NEWT - Typically Solvable Grueling Test). The grading system for TOAD is the same as for OWL, but usually 3-4 subjects are taken at a more advanced level.
After passing the exams, graduates get jobs. For many professions or positions, the requirements for candidates include grades, subjects taken and their number in the OWL and TOAD exams.
OWL roughly corresponds English exam GCSE, and TOAD - A-level exam.
student life
A day at Hogwarts begins with breakfast in the Great Hall. Students sit at their house tables and can eat, socialize, or finish homework. The director and professors eat at the High Table at the far end of the hall. As breakfast continues, the owls bring students mail, usually consisting of The Daily Prophet, letters from parents and friends, and packages from home. The bell signals the start of the first lesson at 9:00.
Morning studies consist of two double (one and a half hour) lessons with a short break, allowing you to move from class to class. After lunch, classes resume at 1:00 pm and continue until approximately 5:00 pm. Some lessons involve one faculty, others involve two departments together. Freshmen are sometimes released on Friday at noon. In the evening, students have dinner in the Great Hall, after which students from different faculties go to their living rooms.
The living rooms have armchairs, sofas, tables for studying and fireplaces for heating. Students can relax or prepare homework. The living room leads to the bedrooms, which are furnished with four-poster beds, faculty-colored curtains, thick pillows, and a tray with a pitcher of water and glasses. There is a bedside table next to each bed.
On some weekends, students from 3rd year onwards are allowed to visit Hogsmeade Village. Minor students require written permission from a parent or guardian to attend. Popular among students, in particular, are the Three Broomsticks and Boar's Head bars, Madame Puddifoot's cafe (a haven for couples), the Sweet Kingdom confectionery and the Zonko magic joke shop.
Food
Secret places in Hogwarts
The room where the philosopher's stone is kept
Entrance through the hatch in the corridor on the third floor. To obtain the Philosopher's Stone, you need to overcome several obstacles; for more details, see the article “Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone”. At the end of Harry Potter's first year (1991/2 school year), the philosopher's stone is destroyed.
Chamber of Secrets
Serves as the home of the basilisk. Created by Salazar Slytherin before he left Hogwarts. The basilisk was originally intended to clear the school of Muggle-born students. Located deep underground. The entrance is from the toilet where Moaning Myrtle lives. To open the passage, you need to go to the tap with a snake and say “Open” in snake language. A tunnel opens in the sink. The tunnel leads to a wall decorated with an image of two snakes with emeralds for eyes. The snake's tongue opens into a very long, dark corridor decorated with monumental statues of snakes, including two stone pillars with snakes carved on them touching the ceiling. Between the pillars is a colossal statue of Salazar Slytherin. Inside the statue lives a basilisk, which crawls out of the statue's mouth when its owner, 16-year-old Tom Riddle, calls upon it. In the past, Tom Riddle opened this room and ordered the basilisk to kill Moaning Myrtle. At the end of the 2nd year (1992/3 academic year), Potter, together with the phoenix, kills the basilisk and young Tom Riddle. In the final book, Ron and Hermione reopen the room and use a basilisk fang to destroy one of the Horcruxes, Penelope Hufflepuff's Cup.
Secret passages
There are 9 known secret passages from/to school. Filch knows 4 of them, but where they lead is unknown. The remaining 5:
- Walk through the Whomping Willow to the Shrieking Shack.
- The passage behind the mirror on the 4th floor. Where it leads is unknown. In Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Sirius says that he is large enough for the meeting.
- Walk through the statue of the One-Eyed Hunchback. To open the passage, you need to knock on the statue with a wand and say Dissendium. The hump of the statue opens the door to the basement of the Sweet Kingdom store. First mentioned in the book "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban", ch. 10.
- A passage between two Vanishing Cabinets, one in the school, the other in the Gorbin and Burks shop in Knockturn Lane. The move worked until Peeves trashed the Hogwarts wardrobe in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. In the book "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince", Draco Malfoy (Gorbin tells how to repair a wardrobe located in Hogwarts; the second wardrobe is in the shop "Gorbin and Burke") repairs cabinets. The move is not shown on the Marauder's Map.
- The move from the Room of Help. Opened in the book "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" and leads to the Hog's Head Inn. Not listed on the Marauders' Map because it did not exist at the time the Map was created. However, in accordance with the nature of the Room of Help, from there you can open several passages to different places.
Room of Requirement
Another name is So-and-Syak.
The room is located on the seventh floor opposite the portrait of Barnabas the Crazy (official translation - Barnabas the Grumpy), beaten by trolls whom he tried to teach ballet.
You can enter this room only if there is an urgent need for it. Sometimes it is there, sometimes it is not, but when it appears, it is equipped for the needs of the seeker. To get into the Room of Help, you need to walk past the wall three times, concentrating on your desire - then a door will appear in the wall.
At the same time, for each person the room appears different and the way he imagines it. In the seventh book it is said that Neville Longbottom understands the room.
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Albus Dumbledore at the Yule Ball says that, having gone to the toilet, he found himself in a completely unfamiliar room with an excellent collection of chamber pots.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Dumbledore's squad held meetings and training in defense against the forces of evil in the room. Harry Potter learned about the existence of the room and how to get into it from the house elf Dobby. This is the description of the room during OD classes:
“A spacious room, illuminated by the light of torches like those that burned in the dungeon eight floors below. Bookshelves lined the walls, and large silk pillows lay on the floor instead of chairs. On the rack at the far end there were instruments - harmful scopes, bitch visors, lie detectors and a large cracked Enemy Developer.”
Dobby himself used the Room of Requirement to help Winky get over his hangover. He also mentions that Argus Filch found cleaning supplies there when his supply ran out.
Battle of Hogwarts- the final battle of the second magical war, in which all the forces that fought on the side of Voldemort and the forces that fought against him came together.
Chronologically, the Battle is divided into two parts: before the hour-long respite announced by Voldemort, and after.
First stage
Knowing that Harry Potter had returned to Hogwarts, the castle was attacked by Death Eaters, giants, Acromantula spiders and Dementors. Warned in advance, the deans of the faculties evacuated students who had not reached adulthood. The first rebuff to the attackers was given by the seventh-year students of Hogwarts, led by their teachers, their friends and relatives, as well as, to the best of their ability, the castle statues and even the poltergeist Peeves. Voldemort did not participate in the battles, he only needed Harry Potter, without Potter the battle for the Dark Lord lost its meaning. Moreover, Voldemort wanted to kill Potter personally. Therefore, when the advantage was clearly on the side of the Dark Lord, he announced an hour-long break, setting a condition: Harry Potter must surrender to him, then, they say, the good Dark Lord will have mercy on the unreasonable defenders of Hogwarts.
While the trial is going on, Voldemort lets his snake go for a walk, but halfway along the way he hits Severus Snape with Nagini, believing that Snape's death will make him the master of the Elder Wand, and leaves him to die in the Shrieking Shack. The dying Snape manages to convey his memories to Harry. After viewing them, Potter learns that he is another, unaccounted for Horcrux, and his death is necessary if he wants to defeat Voldemort. He decides to voluntarily allow himself to be killed by Voldemort, hoping that someone else will finish off the Dark Lord when he becomes an ordinary mortal. Leaving for the Forbidden Forest, where Voldemort’s “headquarters” is located, he meets Neville Longbottom and asks him, if given the opportunity, to kill Nagini. Nagini was the last remaining Horcrux, but Harry does not tell Neville this. He simply asks to kill Voldemort's snake.
Harry Potter was ready to die so that Voldemort would stop torturing people. He voluntarily came to the Dark Lord’s camp and quite consciously exposed himself to his deadly spell “Avada Kedavra”. After his death, Harry finds himself in a certain place between life and death, where he meets the spirit of Dumbledore, who explains that that disgusting screaming creature that looks like a baby is a piece of Voldemort’s soul, from which Harry’s soul has now been freed. And if Harry wants, he can return to the world of living corpses, since for his revival, Tom Riddle took his blood three years ago, which still contains the protective magic of Lily Potter.
Meanwhile, Voldemort believes that Potter is dead, the Prophecy has been fulfilled, and now no one can threaten him. He removes Nagini's magical protective cage, carrying the snake simply on his shoulders, orders the captive Hagrid to carry Potter's body ahead of him, and advances at the head of his Death Eaters to Hogwarts. Harry diligently pretends to be dead, although he is very upset by his inability to calm Hagrid.
Arriving at the castle, Voldemort shows the body of Potter and the corpse of Harry to its defenders, believing that resistance has now been broken. Neville tries to attack the Dark Lord, but is immediately disarmed and immobilized. Voldemort puts the Sorting Hat on Neville and sets it on fire. Suddenly the giant Grohkh appears, along with him the thestrals, led by the hippogriff Buckbeak, and the centaurs, who had previously maintained neutrality, attack Voldemort’s army. They distract Voldemort and the Death Eaters, Neville frees himself from the spell, snatches the Sword of Gryffindor from the Hat and cuts off Nagini's head. Taking advantage of the turmoil, Harry hides under the invisibility cloak.
Second phase
Now the defenders of the castle are joined not only by Grohkh, thestrals and centaurs, but also by the inhabitants of Hogsmeade and the house elves of Hogwarts led by Kreacher.
Gradually, the Death Eaters are defeated, the battle moves to the Great Hall of Hogwarts, where only Voldemort remains, fighting McGonagall, Slughorn and Kingsley, and Bellatrix Lestrange, fighting Ginny Weasley, Luna Lovegood and Hermione Granger. She sends a deadly spell at Ginny, which she barely dodges. And then Mrs. Weasley appears. An angry mother coming to the defense of her child is a terrible sight! Shouting “Don’t you dare touch my daughter, you bastard!”, Molly engages Bella in mortal combat, not allowing anyone to interfere (“Out of the way! She’s mine!”) in their duel. The death of Bellatrix gives strength to Voldemort, he scattered his rivals like dry leaves and wanted to hit Mrs. Weasley, but then Harry lowered the shield charm between them and threw off the Invisibility Cloak.
At the very beginning, Harry asked everyone not to interfere. Just him and Voldemort. “So I need to do it.” Before the fight, he explains to the Dark Lord his most important mistakes: this is Severus Snape, who played on Dumbledore’s side, and Lily Potter’s self-sacrifice, and Dumbledore’s own death planned (and not murder, as Voldemort wanted), and Harry’s own willingness to give his life in exchange for protecting other people... Mistakes, mistakes, mistakes... “It’s time for you to learn from them, Tom Riddle.” Tom Riddle... This name seemed to deprive Voldemort of his throne, his halo of an invincible evil genius, and turned him into an ordinary person. And then Harry tells Tom Riddle who really is the owner of the Elder Wand, which the “heir of Slytherin” holds in his hands and believes to be a fail-safe weapon. A few minutes before his death, Dumbledore, the then Master of the Elder Wand, was disarmed by Draco Malfoy, and Malfoy, in turn, was defeated by Harry Potter... Not believing his ears, Voldemort sends Avada Kedavra to Harry, at the same time Harry shouts out a disarming spell “Expeliarmus”, and the Elder Wand in the hands of Tom Riddle, not wanting to kill its true owner, strikes the Dark Lord himself.
With the death of Voldemort, the Battle of Hogwarts ended.
Participants in the Battle of Hogwarts
Many people fought against Voldemort and his troops. Named in the book (the dead are marked with an asterisk):
Students
Dumbledore's Army (Hogwarts graduates)
Briefly about the article: JK Rowling never drew maps of the most famous castle in modern fantasy. However, she described Hogwarts in enough detail for us to feel at home there. In anticipation of the fourth Harry Potter film, we invite you to take a tour of the school of wizardry.
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Hogwarts - the most famous school of wizardry
I didn't draw a plan of Hogwarts, because that would be difficult even for a professional architect, since the staircases and rooms are constantly moving. But I have a very clear idea of what Hogwarts looks like from the inside.
Joan Kathleen Rowling
In July 1997, the world first learned of the existence of Hogwarts.- a school of witchcraft and wizardry located somewhere in the UK. Within a few months, Hogwarts became the most famous and recognizable among all fictional educational institutions - and this school is well known not only to fantasy lovers, but even to those who consider the whole “Potter” series to be empty childish fun. Previously, the words “magic school” were associated primarily with some special type of magic. Now this means Hogwarts, only Hogwarts and nothing but Hogwarts.
Meanwhile, the idea of a “school of magic” is far from new. When she first tried to publish the book “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone,” Rowling was rejected: “Readers won’t understand this” and “It’s already been done somewhere.” But readers understood - by 2006, the total circulation of Harry Potter books reached 300 million copies.
What is Hogwarts?
Hogwarts School is the plot basis of all Harry Potter stories. In most other similar stories, magic is exclusive, or at least not widespread. However, for Rowling, magic is not even the wrong side of our reality, but its most essential part.
Researchers of Rowling's work believe that she borrowed the word "Hogwarts" from the books of the little-known British writer Geoffrey Willians. In the 1940s he wrote a series of books for Punch magazine about Nigel Molesworth- a boy with speech impediments, studying at the St. Custard" (“custard” - sweet cream), which absolutely did not live up to its name and was famous for its cruel orders. "Hogwarts" appears there twice - it was the name of the play Nigel mentioned, and it was the name of the headmaster of the rival school.
Two by two
Hogwarts was founded about a thousand years ago by two wizards and two witches: Godric Gryffindor, Salazar Slytherin, Rowena Ravenclaw and Helga Hufflepuff. However, Slytherin quickly quarreled with his colleagues - he believed that only “purebred” children born from magicians should be allowed into Hogwarts.
All Hogwarts students belong to one of the four houses, or rather, colleges. The latter are named after the founders of the school and have their own lounges and dormitories, their own Quidditch teams, their own ghosts and other unique features.
Colleges are headed by prefects (a boy and a girl elected from among fifth-year students) and head prefects (similarly, from seventh-year students). These "officials", along with four teachers - heads of houses - are vested with special powers to educate and supervise their charges.
Colleges compete with each other for prize points, awarded by heads of houses or prefects for any outstanding achievements students. Points will be removed as a form of punishment. There is no clear system here - everything depends on the generosity or “harmfulness” of the authorized person. It is quite natural that leading representatives of houses treat “their” students more favorably - for example, the gloomy Severus Snape makes very big concessions to the students of Slytherin College.
For particularly serious violations, the student may be punished by correctional labor - usually this means assisting school staff in performing tedious, tedious or even dangerous work. As a last resort, the student is expelled from Hogwarts. This could well have happened to Harry in his fifth year, when he used magic in the presence of Muggles, which was strictly prohibited for all wizards.
Where to go to study
The placement of first-year students into houses is carried out by the magical Sorting Hat in the Great Hall of Hogwarts. According to legend, it belonged to Godric Gryffindor himself, and now works as a “character detector”, determining the personal inclinations of the student.
Students at home are distinguished by honesty and nobility. Rowling herself said that Gryffindor is associated with fire (hence the color palette of the coat of arms). The house's signature ghost is Nearly Headless Nick (real name Sir Nicholas de Mimsey-Porpington), unsuccessfully executed on October 31, 1492.
The students' private quarters are located in the tower on the seventh floor. The entrance is closed by a magical portrait of a Fat Lady in pink - she allows entry only to those who give the correct password. The door behind the painting leads to a family room with a large fireplace and two stairs upstairs to the boys' and girls' bedrooms.
Slytherin- a college where cunning, ambition and selfishness are valued. The symbolic animal is a snake, the coat of arms colors are green and silver. The heads of Slytherin house were Severus Snape and Horatio Snobbhorn. The college rooms are located deep under the Hogwarts lake, the entrance is hidden in the wall of one of the dungeons. Rowling says that the house of Slytherin is associated with water.
Slytherin's "brownie" ghost is the Bloody Baron, a gloomy type covered in blood stains. Slytherin students cannot be called scoundrels and scoundrels, but from this house comes greatest number dark wizards.
Conflicts constantly flare up between Gryffindor and Slytherin - after all, they profess diametrically opposed ideas, and besides, historically it turned out that Godric Gryffindor and Salazar Slytherin were best friends, and then they quarreled to smithereens.
Ravenclaw- a house in which intelligence and erudition are considered the main qualities of students. The symbolic animal is the eagle, the coat of arms colors are blue and bronze (silver in the film). The position of head is occupied by Filius Flitwick, a charms teacher - a small gray-haired old man, half human, half goblin.
Hufflepuff is the most friendly college, whose students are famous for their hard work, patience and honesty. The emblem depicts a badger, the colors are yellow and black. The student rooms are located in the basement near the kitchen. Rowling states that the Hufflepuff house has the earth element.
The head of the house is Professor of Herbology (Herbology) Pomona Sprout, a cheerful, fat witch, whose clothes, as a rule, are thickly smeared with earth. College Ghost - A fat monk, an affable and friendly spirit.
At Hogwarts, Hufflepuff students are considered, to put it mildly, clumsy slow-witted people. Basically, this is true, but some of them achieve outstanding results - for example, Cedric Diggory, captain of the Quidditch team and participant in the Triwizard Tournament.
Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff do not interfere in the conflicts between Gryffindor and Slytherin, however, if we talk about their position in general, they are allies of Gryffindor College. This corresponds to the relationship between the founders of the school: Salazar Slytherin did not see eye to eye with all three wizards.
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Hogwarts close up
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Hogwarts is the only wizarding school in Great Britain where children from 11 to 18 years old study. According to formal characteristics, this institution can be equated to a high-class boarding school. Total The author does not specify the students, but the annual enrollment at Hogwarts is about 280 people - and this is not all the children of wizards in Great Britain, since some of them live poorly and cannot pay for tuition.
For his activities, the director (in his absence, the deputy director) reports to the Board of Governors, consisting of 12 high-ranking magicians. Otherwise, Hogwarts is a relatively free institution that is not directly subordinate to the Ministry of Magic (the highest body of the wizarding community in Great Britain).
ABOUT financial side Little is known about the activities of the school. The sixth book in the series mentions a special fund to provide students with books and equipment. Indeed, at Hogwarts children are provided with meals, library collections, laboratory supplies and some Consumables. On the other hand, schoolchildren have to buy some things necessary for education with their own funds - magic wands, books, clothes, animals, magical ingredients.
It is unclear who owns the school building and the land around it. It can be assumed that Hogwarts is the common property of all wizards in the country, and therefore it is neither a private nor a public school. The institution hardly generates any income, since the bulk of the training is provided free of charge. There is no information about teachers' salaries, but based on the fact that they are officially hired and fired, it can be assumed that their work is somehow rewarded.
Geography
Hogwarts School occupies an ancient eight-story castle located in a secluded mountainous area. Other geographical details are not provided in the books, but according to Rowling herself, Hogwarts is located somewhere in Scotland.
The area adjacent to the castle also belongs to the school. The area of this site is huge: there is a lake, a Quidditch field, the Forbidden Forest with its incredible monsters, greenhouses and outbuildings.
Next to Hogwarts lies the village of Hogsmeade - the only settlement in Great Britain where only wizards live. Hogsmeade is famous for its train station (the main means of communication between Hogwarts and the outside world), shops and pubs - a desirable place of entertainment for undergraduate students.
Studies
Teaching at Hogwarts is taught by professors, each of whom specializes in one subject. In addition, the school has non-academic staff - a gardener, a warden, a librarian, a nurse, and about a hundred house elves working in the kitchen.
None of the disciplines inherent in ordinary schools are taught at Hogwarts (logically, its graduates do not know how to write and count correctly). Required subjects are transformation, defense against dark forces, charms, potions, astrology, history of magic and herbology.
Elective classes are conducted in arithmancy (number magic), ancient runes, divination, care of magical creatures, Muggle studies, teleportation, broom flying and a number of other disciplines.
At the end of their fifth year, students take the OWL (Ordinary Wizardry Level) exams. Those who fail OWL are “pulled up” by the heads of houses. Those who pass these exams spend their sixth and seventh years studying for the much more difficult NEWT (Nastily Exhausting Wizarding Test) exams, the results of which will determine the wizard's future career.
The academic year is divided into three parts with long summer holidays, as well as “weekend” holidays - Christmas and Easter. At Christmas, children can go home or stay at Hogwarts and take part in the festivities. Other holidays are also celebrated, such as Halloween and Valentine's Day. In the summer, Hogwarts is empty - all the children go home.
The student uniform in Rowling's books was described only in the most general view: black robe, pointed black hat and warm winter cape with silver clasps. In the films, children wear different clothes: a black cape with the coat of arms of the house, a dark sweater, White shirt, dark trousers (pleated skirts for girls), as well as a tie or scarf with house flowers.
Walk through the castle
Although Hogwarts rooms move frequently, compile rough plan the castle is not that difficult.
There is an extensive dungeon system underneath the school. Here is a classroom for classes in the discipline "Potions" - a large cold room, along the walls of which eerie bottles with animals preserved in alcohol are placed. Nearby are Professor Snape's personal office and the rooms of Slytherin House. The famous Chamber of Secrets is hidden somewhere in the dungeons.
A significant part of the castle basement is occupied by the kitchen. Directly above it is the Hogwarts Great Hall, where all the festivities are held. The arrangement of the tables in these rooms is identical: the elves working in the kitchen just need to place a dish on them - and it will immediately appear at the top. Next to the kitchen are the Hufflepuff student rooms.
The first room where Hogwarts students find themselves is the entrance hall of the school. Double doors made of oak, a marble staircase up, two stairs down (to the dungeons and to the kitchens), as well as a magical hourglass that takes into account the points of each House - this is what is remarkable about the entrance to Hogwarts. In addition, on the ground floor there is a Great Hall with an enchanted ceiling (showing the sky as it really is in this moment), the teachers' room and the office of caretaker Argus Filch.
On the second floor there are classes on Muggle Studies, Defense Against the Dark Arts and the History of Magic, taught by Professor Bean, a ghost who flies out to class from the school board. Nearby is Minerva McGongall's office and the school hospital.
Points of interest on the third floor include the famous girls' restroom, where the entrance to the Chamber of Secrets was hidden, as well as the entrance to the school principal's office. It is guarded by a golden gargoyle, which allows visitors through a password, which Dumbledore usually used to choose the names of various exotic sweets.
The fourth floor is the Hall of Honor (an exhibition of school prizes and medals), a room for classes in charms, and an unnamed room where the three-headed dog Fluff once sat, guarding the Philosopher's Stone.
The fifth floor is occupied by a library (with a special locked section on Dark Magic), the sixth floor is interesting with a password-protected bathroom for the school prefects, the seventh floor is used as storage, and at the very top there are 6 towers (the highest is the astronomical one).
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Seventh and last book I'm still writing about Harry Potter. Its title and release date are still unknown. Most likely, the book will go into print no earlier than 2007, and this will be the end of the Potter series.
This has never happened before and is unlikely to happen. The popularity of Rowling's books cannot even be estimated: millions of fans, six planned and three released blockbusters, real schools of magic (one of them, for example, was opened three years ago in the Irish county of Cork), a special series of audio players with the Hogwarts logo and downloaded audiobooks about Harry Potter, real Bertie Bot nuts with different flavors...
There's a little bit of Hogwarts in all of this.