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Harry Potter-the schools at triwizard tournament, what regions to they represent?


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Durmstrang is thought to be located in northern Europe, or northwestern Russia or the Baltic coast, although the name points to a Germanic origin (thought to be a play on the phrase Sturm und Drang, a German literary movement).
The school would appear to be very far North, as part of the school uniform includes furs, the locale is often freezing and the days are very short in winter [1]. This would seem to invalidate Bulgaria (considered only as it is the country for whose Quidditch Team Krum plays), which has a warm climate and long winter days. Krum comments that the Institute's grounds are far more extensive than Hogwarts, and that it is possible to cover the distances with a broom. This would indicate that it is somewhere far inland, away from the sea, and also very isolated. All known Durmstrang characters have a Slavic name or accent, which seems to rule out Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Iceland as the school's main recruitment grounds. The school could be located in one of the areas with a German-influenced history, such as Livonia.

Beauxbatons could be located somewhere on the Mediterranean coast of France, perhaps around Marseille. This would also explain why the Beauxbatons students felt cold when they arrived at Hogwarts, which is located further north in Scotland. According to Hagrid, the school is further south than Dijon.[HP5] When asked about his whereabouts during his quest of giants with Olympe, he says that he had taken a holiday in southern France.