About The School

Headmaster: Igor Karkaroff
Location: a castle in northern Europe, far enough north that days are very short in winter
Uniform: furs, blood-red robes

The Durmstrang Intitute also has a castle, but it is not as big as Hogwarts, having only four floors. Its fires are only lit for magical purposes. The grounds are quite extensive and include lakes and mountains.

Durmstrang has the reputation of teaching Dark Arts, and it does not admit Muggle-born students. Gellert Grindelwald was a student here once, and he carved "his" symbol - actually the symbol representing the Deathly Hallows - into one of the walls, where it remains today.

The name Durmstrang comes from the German phrase "Sturm und Drang" which translates to "Storm and Stress." The phrase refers to a movement in German literature in the late 1700s which emphasized "subjectivity and the unease of man in contemporary society."