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**LittleMissChriss** · 11-25-2003, 08:25 PM

General Informtaion

Hogwarts is one of the biggest Witchcraft and Wizardry Schools in Europe. It is a boarding school and has about 1000 inhabitants. No one really knows how old Hogwarts is, but the Sorting Hat says that it is a thousand years or more. Hogwarts was started by four friends by the names of Godric Gryffindor, Helga Hufflepuff, Rowena Ravenclaw and Salazar Slytherin.

The Hogwarts crest is a lion, a badger, a raven and a serpent surrounding a large black letter H. The Hogwarts motto is: Draco Dormiens Nunquam Titillandus, which is latin for "Never tickle a sleeping dragon". Hogwart’s school color is black and the students’ uniforms are black.

The initial selection of students is done by a magic quill that writes up the names of children that are born with magic in their blood (in Britain). Each year, eleven years later, the deputy headmaster/headmistress of Hogwarts takes out the list and sends a letter to those students inviting them to attend Hogwarts.

The students get to Hogwarts by train, as they have done since the middle of the 19th century. The train leaves from platform nine and three-quarters at Kings Cross station in London. The train is a scarlet steam engine.

When the students arrive at Hogsmeade the first years get to Hogwarts by crossing the lake by boat. The other students are driven up to the castle in carriages pulled by Threstrals.

11-25-2003, 08:25 PM	#2 (permalink)
LittleMissChriss Here or not Bugbear Location: Here Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 11,996	General Informtaion Hogwarts is one of the biggest Witchcraft and Wizardry Schools in Europe. It is a boarding school and has about 1000 inhabitants. No one really knows how old Hogwarts is, but the Sorting Hat says that it is a thousand years or more. Hogwarts was started by four friends by the names of Godric Gryffindor, Helga Hufflepuff, Rowena Ravenclaw and Salazar Slytherin. The Hogwarts crest is a lion, a badger, a raven and a serpent surrounding a large black letter H. The Hogwarts motto is: Draco Dormiens Nunquam Titillandus, which is latin for "Never tickle a sleeping dragon". Hogwart’s school color is black and the students’ uniforms are black. The initial selection of students is done by a magic quill that writes up the names of children that are born with magic in their blood (in Britain). Each year, eleven years later, the deputy headmaster/headmistress of Hogwarts takes out the list and sends a letter to those students inviting them to attend Hogwarts. The students get to Hogwarts by train, as they have done since the middle of the 19th century. The train leaves from platform nine and three-quarters at Kings Cross station in London. The train is a scarlet steam engine. When the students arrive at Hogsmeade the first years get to Hogwarts by crossing the lake by boat. The other students are driven up to the castle in carriages pulled by Threstrals. Last edited by Dainsie : 06-19-2006 at 09:09 PM.