Hogsmeade

> The only entirely non-Muggle settlement in Britain.
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> Description of the village, Pottermore

**Hogsmeade Village**, or simply called **Hogsmeade**, was the only all-wizarding village in ***Britain***. It was founded by ***Hengist of Woodcroft***. Since before ***1714*** (when the ***1714 Edict*** was passed), Hogwarts ***third-years*** and above had been permitted ***weekend trips*** into the village.

### Location

Highlands, Scotland, Great Britain

Mainly, students frequented the High Street in the village, which contained the named speciality shops and pubs such as ***Zonko's Joke Shop*** and ***Honeydukes***. Otherwise, they wandered on to observe the infamous ***Shrieking Shack***.
Hogsmeade was a picturesque little village of cottages and shops, with enchanted candles hanging in the trees during the holidays. It was also near the location of the train station used by the Hogwarts Express.

## History

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According to tradition, Hogsmeade was founded in the ***10th*** or ***11th century***, around the same time as Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, by medieval wizard ***Hengist of Woodcroft*** as he was fleeing persecution by ***Muggles***. A sign over Hogsmeade identified its year of establishment in ***914***, though this is anachronistic as Hengist of Woodcroft was not yet alive.

In ***1612*** a ***goblin rebellion*** took place in the vicinity of the village. Hogsmeade served as the wizards' headquarters during the rebellion.

In ***1890***, ***Victor Rookwood*** and ***Ranrok*** unleashed a ***troll*** which launched an ***attack*** on Hogsmeade. It damaged several places including shops. While villagers tried to stop it, a ***new student*** of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry intervened and took down the troll.

In ***November*** ***1926***, the *Daily Prophet* reported that Hogsmeade would play host to the first ever ***Magical Waterplants Festival***.

Sometime in the ***1930s***, ***Newton Scamander*** and his brother, ***Theseus*** travelled to Hogsmeade to visit ***Aberforth Dumbledore***, looking for Albus Dumbledore. Aberforth told them that's his brother, and Albus came and told Theseus about how he needed to trust him to the fullest amount or else "everything will become undone". They moved towards a nearby window and Albus showed Theseus his ***blood pact***.

At some point in the village's history, it was acknowledged that some of its residents had a tendency to be particularly prone to accidents and injury, to the point where these unlucky locals were being consolationally awarded for their trouble. As of the ***1987–1988 school year***, ***one of its inhabitants***, a former ***Care of Magical Creatures*** Professor at the nearby Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, ***Silvanus Kettleburn***, had received the ***Hogsmeade's Most Maimed Award*** ten years in a row.

During this school year, a ***festival*** was held in Hogsmeade.

## Shops and buildings

> They make a fuss about Hogsmeade, but I assure you, Harry, it's not all it's cracked up to be. All right, the sweetshop's rather good, and Zonko's Joke Shop's frankly dangerous, and yes, the Shrieking Shack's always worth a visit, but really, Harry, apart from that, you're not missing anything.
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> The wizarding village was full of amazing sights, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

## Passageways to Hogwarts

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Hogsmeade and Hogwarts had a shared history, as well. There was one passage from the castle to the main entrance of Hogsmeade. There were at least eight secret passages that ran between the school and Hogsmeade, all but two of which were built for reasons unknown. It is possible that some were used during major historical events, such as the ***1612 goblin rebellion*** that centred in Hogsmeade; and at least two used in the final battle to defeat Voldemort.
**Hogwarts backside to village right-side**: There was a passage with brick walls stretching from the backside of

**Hogwarts third-floor corridor to Honeydukes cellar**: To enter ***this passage*** from Hogwarts, one needed to tap on the statue of 'the one-eyed witch' in the third floor corridor and say “*Dissendium.”* It lead to a trap door in the floor of the ***Honeydukes*** cellar. Unknown to Filch, this passage was discovered somehow by James Potter, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, and Peter Pettigrew, who included it on the Marauder’s Map; Fred and George Weasley then used it extensively, and eventually taught Harry Potter how to get through it as well.

**Whomping Willow to the Shrieking Shack**: When Remus Lupin came to Hogwarts as a werewolf, this passageway was built (and the Whomping Willow planted) to give him a place to go when he transformed every full moon. The tunnel was accessed by prodding a knot on the trunk of the Whomping Willow to immobilise the tree, and it lead to the basement of the Shrieking Shack.
**The Room of Requirement to the Hog’s Head Inn**: A secret passage that “opened” in 1998 to allow renegade Hogwarts students who were in hiding to access food. Though the door was in plain sight in the Room of Requirement, the passageway could only be accessed from the Hog’s Head through the portrait of Ariana Dumbledore on the second floor of the inn.
**A secret passageway behind the mirror on the fourth floor**: Fred and George Weasley used this passageway, also unknown to Filch, extensively until it caved in c. winter 1992.
**Four secret passageways that Filch knows about**: Not all of these passages necessarily lead to Hogsmeade, though *“most of them”* probably do. Regardless, nobody can use them, because Filch keeps watch over them. One of these is behind a statue of Gregory the Smarmy.

## Behind the scenes

* In all film adaptations to date, Hogsmeade has been shown as a small snowy roof-topped array of shops. According to HPFW, the set designers made the decision that Hogsmeade is "permanently above the snow line". In real life, this would tend to accumulate glaciers, and is no longer possible in Scotland due to the current warm climate (see also Snow patches in Scotland).
* There is a recreation of Hogsmeade Village at WWHP in Universal's Islands of Adventure in Orlando, Florida.
* Use of magic in Hogsmeade is regulated by certain unspecified ***spell limits***.
* Google Maps gives a location for Hogsmeade, on the northern slopes of Sgurr a'Choire Ghlais (Peak of the Grey Corrie) in the Scottish Highlands about 25 miles west of Inverness. The site is remote wilderness and may be reached only by experienced and well-equipped hillwalkers. A general view of the area is available at geograph.org.uk It seems likely that the spot was chosen for its inaccessibility.
* The founding year of Hogsmeade was given as 914. This is consistent with Professor Binns' statement that the exact founding year of Hogwarts, which Hogsmeade's founder attended, is uncertain, around 1000 years ago. Hogsmeade was founded 1078 years prior to this statement in 1992.

## Appearances

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* *Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2*

## Notes and references

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2. ↑ https://goo.gl/maps/8Ag9Ma7ZyEWRHsCc8 - Hogsmeade on Google Maps
3. ↑ https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/487179