Hobbiton

Hobbiton was a village in the Westfarthing of the Shire.
== History ==
Hobbiton was located in the center of the Shire in the far eastern part of the Westfarthing. It was the home of many illustrious Hobbits, including Bilbo and Frodo Baggins and Samwise Gamgee. Notable locations in Hobbiton included the Old Mill and Bag End. At the end of the War of the Ring, Saruman's treachery destroyed much of the Shire, and Hobbiton suffered greatly. The Old Mill had been replaced with a noxious factory-like structure, and many trees had been cut down.The Atlas of Middle-earth, Regional Maps, "The Shire"The Atlas of Middle-earth, The Lord of the Rings, "Hobbition and Bag End"
After the servants of Saruman had been expelled from the Shire, Sam Gamgee used magic soil from the garden of the Elf lady Galadriel to heal the Shire in whole, but with particular attention to Hobbiton.
== In adaptations ==
For Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, Hobbiton was filmed on an originally bare stretch of farm-land in Matamata, New Zealand. Before Hobbit-holes, much greenery, and other set-pieces were installed, John Howe and Alan Lee spent time sketching how they would visualize Hobbiton, sitting on a hill looking over the land.Daniel Falconer, Middle-earth: From Script to Screen, pg. 18 In the farm's long transformation, the crew built at least thirty distinct Hobbit-holes (excluding Bag End).Daniel Falconer, Middle-earth - From Script to Screen, pgs. 24, 25 As per the contract with the farmer all the structures were temporary and were removed at the end of production.
In the decade following The Lord of the Rings films, the site became popular with tourists, such that when The Hobbit film trilogy came to be shot the structures were reconstructed in more permanent materials. 
The Hobbiton set can still be visited in New Zealand. Many set-pieces from the films still remain and can be viewed and explored by tourists, such as the Hobbit-holes and The Green Dragon Inn.
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Amharic 	ሖብቢቶን
Arabic 	حوببيتون
Armenian 	Հոբբիտոն
Assamese 	হবিটন
Belarusian Cyrillic 	Hоббітон
Bengali 	হব্বিতন
Cambodian 	ហូបូតុន
Catalan 	Hòbbiton
Chinese (Hong Kong) 	哈比屯
Czech 	Hobitín
Danish 	Hobbitrup
Dutch 	Hobbitstee
Estonian 	Kääbikla
Finnish 	Hobittila
French 	Hobbitebourg
Georgian 	ჰობიტონი
German 	Hobbingen
Gujarati 	હોબબિટન
Hebrew 	הוביטון
Hindi 	हॉबिटॉन
Japanese 	ホビットン
Kannada 	ಹೊಬ್ಬಿಟೋನ್
Kazakh 	Һоббітон (Cyrillic) Hobbiton (Latin)
Korean 	호비튼
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Hоббитон
Laotian 	ຮໂບບິຕໂນ
Macedonian Cyrillic 	Хоббитон
Malayalam 	ഹോബിഷന്‍
Marathi 	हॉबबिटॉन
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Hоббитон
Nepalese 	होब्बितोन्
Norwegian 	Hobbitun
Pashto 	حوببیتون
Persian 	حوببیتون
Portuguese (Brazil) 	Vila dos Hobbits
Punjabi 	ਹੌਬਿਟਨ
Russian 	Хоббитон
Sanskrit 	होब्बितोन्
Serbian 	Хоббитон (Cyrillic) Hobiton (Latin)
Sinhalese 	හොබිට්ටන්
Slovak 	Hobitov
Slovenian 	Hobitovo
Spanish (Spain and Latin America)	Hobbiton
Swedish 	Hobsala/Hobbinge
Tajik Cyrillic 	Ҳоббитон
Tamil 	ஹோப்பிட்டான்
Telugu 	హొబ్బితోం
Thai 	ฮอบบิตัน
Turkish 	Hobbitköy
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Гоббітон
Urdu 	حوببیتون
Uzbek 	Ҳоббитон (Cyrillic) Hobbiton (Latin)
Yiddish 	האָבביטאָן
== References ==
==External links==
*Hobbit Movie Set Tour
Category:Hobbit settlements
Category:Westfarthing
Category:Settlements of the Shire
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