Editing Places in Harry Potter (section)

===Durmstrang===

The Durmstrang Institute for Magical Learning is a school that makes its first appearance in ''Goblet of Fire''. Like [[Beauxbatons]], Durmstrang sends a delegation of students to Hogwarts for the [[Triwizard Tournament]]. According to the [[Wizarding World]] website, Durmstrang is located in the "far Northern reaches of Europe".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Durmstrang Institute |url=https://www.wizardingworld.com/fact-file/locations/durmstrang-institute |access-date=2024-08-30 |website=Wizarding World |language=en}}</ref> The school's headmaster is the former [[Death Eater]] [[Igor Karkaroff]], and the novel reveals that Durmstrang students are instructed in the [[Dark Arts (Harry Potter)|Dark Arts]]. Durmstrang is portrayed as an all-boys school in the film adaptation of ''[[Goblet of Fire (film)|Goblet of Fire]]'', but is depicted as co-educational in the novel.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Otway |first=Jack |date=8 January 2020 |title=Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: 10 Things the Movie Changed from the Book |url=https://screenrant.com/harry-potter-goblet-fire-movie-book-changes/ |website=[[Screen Rant]]}}</ref> In ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows|Deathly Hallows]]'', it is revealed that the Dark wizard [[Gellert Grindelwald]] attended Durmstrang.

Several writers have commented on the depiction of the Durmstrang students. The British journalist [[Julia Eccleshare]] has claimed that the Durmstrang delegation is depicted as dishonest and untrustworthy.{{Sfn|Eccleshare|2002|p=81}} Marek Oziewicz called Durmstrang a "medley of scary stereotypes" of Eastern Europe.{{sfn|Oziewicz|2010|p=}} Christina Flotmann wrote that the first appearance of the Durmstrang delegation links the school with "sinister literary tropes such as the [[Flying Dutchman]]." She also suggested that the name ''Durmstrang'' sounds dark and threatening.{{sfn|Flotmann|2014|p=328–329}} The name of the school is likely a play on the German phrase ''[[Sturm und Drang]]'', meaning ''storm and stress''.{{efn|Attributed to multiple references:<br><ref>{{cite book |last=Boyle |first=Fionna |title=A Muggle's Guide to the Wizarding World: Exploring The Harry Potter Universe |publisher=[[ECW Press]] |year=2004 |page=[https://archive.org/details/mugglesguidetowi0000boyl/page/203 203] |isbn=1-55022-655-X |url=https://archive.org/details/mugglesguidetowi0000boyl/page/203 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Kirk |first=Connie Ann |author-link=Connie Ann Kirk |title=J. K. Rowling: A Biography |publisher=[[Greenwood Press]] |year=2003 |page=[https://archive.org/details/jkrowlingbiograp0000kirk/page/88 88] |isbn=0-313-32205-8 |url=https://archive.org/details/jkrowlingbiograp0000kirk/page/88 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Colbert |first=David |title=The Hidden Myths in Harry Potter: Spellbinding Map and Book of Secrets |publisher=[[St. Martin's Griffin]] |year=2005 |page=19 |isbn=0-312-34050-8}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Whited |first=Lana A. |title=The Ivory Tower and Harry Potter: Perspectives on a Literary Phenomenon |url=https://archive.org/details/ivorytowerharryp00whit |url-access=limited |publisher=[[University of Missouri Press]] |year=2002 |page=[https://archive.org/details/ivorytowerharryp00whit/page/n35 23] |isbn=0-8262-1549-1}}</ref>}}