Fictional British school of magic from the Harry Potter universe
Not to be confused with Hogwort.
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Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
Studio model of Hogwarts at Leavesden Studios
Universe
Wizarding World
First appearance
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (1997)
Most recent appearance
Hogwarts Legacy (2023)
In-universe information
Type
Boarding school
Secondary school
Selective school
Founded
c. 9th/10th century
Location
Scotland
Owner
Ministry of Magic
Purpose
Training for children with magical abilities[1]
Motto
Latin: Draco dormiens nunquam titillandus
("Never Tickle a Sleeping Dragon")[2]
Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry (/ˈhɒɡwɔːrts/) is a fictional boarding school of magic for students aged eleven to eighteen, and is the primary setting for the first six books in J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series and serves as a major setting in the Wizarding World universe.[3]
^"Online chat transcript". Scholastic. 3 February 2000. Archived from the original on 13 April 2001.
^Haas, Heather A. (15 April 2011). "The Wisdom of Wizards-and Muggles and Squibs: Proverb Use in the World of Harry Potter". The Journal of American Folklore. 124 (492): 29–54. doi:10.5406/jamerfolk.124.492.0029. JSTOR 10.5406/jamerfolk.124.492.0029.
^Steve Wohlberg (April 2005). Hour of the Witch: Harry Potter, Wicca Witchcraft, and the Bible. Destiny Image Publishers. pp. 31–. ISBN 978-0-7684-2279-5. Retrieved 31 July 2011.
Ravenclaw came up with the name of Hogwarts after dreaming of a warty hog that led her to a cliff by a lake. Since then, Hogwarts educated most wizarding children...
BAFTA Games Awards. Hogwarts Legacy is an action role-playing game played from a third-person perspective. It is set at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft...
tells Dumbledore that Peeves should be thrown out of Hogwarts. He also likes to wander Hogwarts' corridors at night, presumably in the hope of catching...
wrote Snape, Harry's arch enemy on Hogwarts faculty, because she herself hated chemistry class, and this was the Hogwarts equivalent. Notable potions featured...
Hogwarts: An Incomplete and Unreliable Guide, Short Stories from Hogwarts of Power, Politics and Pesky Poltergeists and Short Stories from Hogwarts of...
Gryffindor – One of the four founders of Hogwarts. He was a very powerful wizard. Rubeus Hagrid – Half-giant Hogwarts gamekeeper, and Care of Magical Creatures...
Peter Pettigrew's Dark Mark. Except for Severus Snape (who was staying at Hogwarts to "maintain his cover") and those dead, imprisoned, or afraid to return...
Albus Dumbledore, Hogwarts's Headmaster, awards Ron fifty House points to Gryffindor for "the best-played game of chess Hogwarts has seen in many years...
While children of wizarding families receive their Hogwarts acceptance letter via an owl, a Hogwarts employee will usually deliver the letter personally...
Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher at Hogwarts to allow the Ministry to monitor the activities within Hogwarts, and particularly the Headmaster Albus...
needed] Hagrid was expelled from Hogwarts in his third year for possession of the Acromantula Aragog who was thought by Hogwarts teachers to be the monster...
at Hogwarts. Dumbledore's brother, Aberforth, helps the trio enter Hogwarts. Voldemort, alerted to Harry's whereabouts, mounts an assault on Hogwarts. The...
down and applied to teach Transfiguration at Hogwarts under Dumbledore. During her employment at Hogwarts, McGonagall grew particularly close to Dumbledore...
Battle of Hogwarts, Fred is killed in an explosion. Before his death, Fred reconciles with his estranged brother Percy, who arrives at Hogwarts to participate...
popular with Hogwarts students. In Chamber of Secrets, Harry and Ron are held back from investigating why spiders were fleeing Hogwarts because Fred and...
Granger, and Hogwarts professor Quirinus Quirrell enter the dungeons to retrieve the Stone but realises during the trip that he is needed at Hogwarts and returns...
world. Snape is named Headmaster of Hogwarts, while Death Eaters Alecto and Amycus Carrow are appointed as Hogwarts staff. The novel focuses largely on...
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