Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Places/Hogsmeade
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| Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter - Place | |
| Hogsmeade | |
|---|---|
| Location | Scotland, near Hogwarts |
| Permanent Residents | None |
| First Appearance | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban |
Contents |
[edit] General Overview
Hogsmeade is the wizarding village near Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The Hogwarts Express stops at Hogsmeade village. It is the only purely Wizard occupied town in England.
[edit] Extended Description
Located near Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Hogsmeade is "the only non-Muggle settlement in Britain", and the northern terminus of the Hogwarts Express train line from London. It was founded by Hengist of Woodcroft, who was fleeing because of the Muggles' oppression, at about the same time as Hogwarts was founded. Hogwarts students that attend the third year or above may, on selected weekends (so-called Hogsmeade weekends) and with parental permission, visit the town and patronize its many shops.
A memorable feature of Hogsmeade is the Shrieking Shack, infamous as the "most severely haunted building in Britain".
[edit] Hogsmeade merchants
- Dervish and Banges, selling and repairing magical items or equipment
- Gladrags Wizardwear, clothes shops
- with shops in London
- The Hog's Head, a small inn off the main street
- Honeyduke's Sweetshop, selling a wide variety of candies, fudges and blocks of chocolates
- owned by Ambrosius Flume and his wife, who both live over the shop
- a post office
- has three hundred owls, including some very small Scops owls for "Local Deliveries Only"
- Madam Puddifoot's tea shop
- owned by Madam Puddifoot
- couples of Hogwarts students are drawn to this shop for an idyllic tête-à-tête
- Scrivenshaft's Quill Shop, selling quills and stationery
- The Shrieking Shack, the "most severely haunted building in Britain"
- The Three Broomsticks, a pub that also caters to the under-age students
- owned by Madam Rosmerta
- A favorite drink among the students is butterbeer. Other drinks include gillywater, mulled mead, red currant rum, cherry syrup and soda with ice and an umbrella, and firewhisky for the mature drinkers.
- Zonko's Joke Shop, selling items that can be used for jokes and tricks
- favorite shop of Fred and George Weasley
- the items sold include Dungbombs, Hiccup Sweets, Frog Spawn Soap, and Nose-Biting Teacups, among other things
- in book 6, this shop closes for lack of business when Hogwarts cancels further Hogsmeade weekends
[edit] Analysis
In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, the town seems to be falling on hard times; in particular, following Katie Bell being injured by a cursed necklace she apparently got in Hogsmeade, all Hogsmeade weekends are canceled. Apparently, Zonko's joke shop closes for lack of business, causing Fred and George to re-think their idea of opening a branch there. The lack of student visits is bound to cause hardship for many other shops in the village as well, including the Three Broomsticks, Honeydukes, and Madam Puddifoot's, all of which are usually filled to capacity on Hogsmeade weekends.
