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A famous wizarding village, Godric’s Hollow was home to a number of notable magical families including the [Dumbledores](/fact-file/magical-miscellany/dumbledores), [Godric Gryffindor](/fact-file/characters-and-pets/godric-gryffindor) and Ignotus Peverell. Perhaps most famously of all, Godric’s Hollow was the home to the [Potter](/fact-file/magical-miscellany/the-potters) family before their murder by [Lord Voldemort](/fact-file/characters-and-pets/lord-voldemort).

Godric's Hollow

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### Where in the world
The west country

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### Residents
[James Potter](/fact-file/characters-and-pets/james-potter) 

[Lily Potter](/fact-file/characters-and-pets/lily-potter)

[Harry Potter](/fact-file/characters-and-pets/harry-potter) 

[Bathilda Bagshot](/fact-file/characters-and-pets/bathilda-bagshot) 

[Gellert Grindelwald](/fact-file/characters-and-pets/gellert-grindelwald)

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### Notable events
The murder of Harry's parents, Lily and James

Hogwarts Fact File Body Text

Located in a huge sprawling castle in the Scottish highlands, the celebrated school of witchcraft and wizardry taught its young students how to finesse their magical skills. From the tallest turrets and towers down to the depths of [the dungeons](/fact-file/locations/the-dungeons) (with 142 staircases between them), Hogwarts is structurally supported by magic, and even the school's headmaster, Albus Dumbledore, doesn’t claim to know all of its secrets! Yes, this is the place that [Harry Potter](/fact-file/characters-and-pets/harry-potter) could call home, with the wizarding school boasting a rich history, full of mysteries, [ghosts](/fact-file/magical-miscellany/ghost), talking portraits and much more.

Hogwarts

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### Where in the world
Near [Hogsmeade](/fact-file/locations/hogsmeade), Scottish highlands

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### Locations
[The Great Hall](/fact-file/locations/the-great-hall)

[The Room of Requirement](/fact-file/locations/the-room-of-requirement)

[The dungeons](/fact-file/locations/the-dungeons)

[The Astronomy Tower](/fact-file/locations/the-astronomy-tower)

[Hogwarts Library](/fact-file/locations/the-hogwarts-library)

[The Forbidden Forest](/fact-file/locations/the-forbidden-forest)

[Hagrid's hut](/fact-file/locations/hagrids-hut)

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### Residents
[Rubeus Hagrid](/fact-file/characters-and-pets/rubeus-hagrid)

[Albus Dumbledore](/fact-file/characters-and-pets/albus-dumbledore)

[Minerva McGonagall](/fact-file/characters-and-pets/minerva-mcgonagall)

[Peeves](/fact-file/characters-and-pets/peeves)

[Nearly Headless Nick](/fact-file/characters-and-pets/nearly-headless-nick)

[The Bloody Baron](/fact-file/characters-and-pets/the-bloody-baron) 

[The Grey Lady](/fact-file/characters-and-pets/the-grey-lady-helena-ravenclaw)

[The Fat Friar](/fact-file/characters-and-pets/the-fat-friar) 

The giant squid

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### Magical Properties
Unplottable

Anti-Apparition Charms

Secret passageways

Vanishing steps

Secret rooms

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### Notable events

The opening of the Chamber of Secrets

The [Triwizard Tournament](/fact-file/magical-miscellany/triwizard-tournament)

The Battle of Hogwarts

[Sirius Black](/fact-file/characters-and-pets/sirius-black) breaks in

Albus Dumbledore Fact File Body Text

Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore was Headmaster of [Hogwarts](/fact-file/locations/hogwarts) and the founder of the [Order of the Phoenix](/fact-file/magical-miscellany/order-of-the-[phoenix](/fact-file/creatures/phoenix)), an organisation dedicated to defeating [Lord Voldemort](/fact-file/characters-and-pets/lord-voldemort). With a penchant for Muggle sweets and a beard long enough to be tucked into his belt, Dumbledore's quirky exterior should not be taken too lightly, for there was nothing that got past this great wizard. Dumbledore was a father figure for [Harry Potter](/fact-file/characters-and-pets/harry-potter), and known to be the only wizard that Voldemort ever feared.

A man of many achievements, Dumbledore helped develop the [Philosopher's Stone](/fact-file/objects/the-philosophers-stone) with his friend, Nicolas Flamel, and was credited with discovering the twelve uses of dragon's blood.

Albus Dumbledore

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### Appearances
[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone](/discover/books/harry-potter-and-the-philosophers-stone)

[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets](/discover/books/harry-potter-and-the-chamber-of-secrets)

[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban](/discover/books/harry-potter-and-the-prisoner-of-azkaban)

[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire](/discover/books/harry-potter-and-the-goblet-of-fire)

[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix](/discover/books/harry-potter-and-the-order-of-the-phoenix)

[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince](/discover/books/harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince)

[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows](/discover/books/harry-potter-and-the-deathly-hallows)

[Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald](/discover/films/fantastic-beasts-the-crimes-of-grindelwald)

[Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore](/discover/films/fantastic-beasts-the-secrets-of-dumbledore)

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### House
[Gryffindor](/fact-file/magical-miscellany/gryffindor)

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### Wand
[Thestral](/fact-file/creatures/thestral) hair

[Elder](/fact-file/objects/elder-wand-wood)

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### Family connections/Affiliation
[Hogwarts](/fact-file/locations/hogwarts) staff

[Order of the Phoenix](/fact-file/magical-miscellany/order-of-the-[phoenix](/fact-file/creatures/phoenix))

Wizengamot

[Order of Merlin](/fact-file/magical-miscellany/order-of-merlin)

[Dumbledores](/fact-file/magical-miscellany/dumbledores)

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### Skills
[Defence Against the Dark Arts](/fact-file/magical-miscellany/defence-against-the-dark-arts)

[Transfiguration](/fact-file/magical-miscellany/transfiguration)

[Duelling](/fact-file/magical-miscellany/duelling)

[Charms](/fact-file/magical-miscellany/charms)

[Potions](/fact-file/magical-miscellany/potions)

Spell-creation

[Mermish](/fact-file/creatures/merperson)

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### Hobbies
Ten-pin bowling 

Chamber music

Inventing objects like the [Deluminator](/fact-file/objects/deluminator)

Caring for [Fawkes](/fact-file/characters-and-pets/fawkes)

Using the [Pensieve](/fact-file/objects/pensieve)

The Potters Fact File Body Text

The Potter family were an old wizarding family stemming back many decades, but became particularly well-known when [Lord Voldemort](/fact-file/characters-and-pets/lord-voldemort) targeted [Lily](/fact-file/characters-and-pets/lily-potter) and [James Potter](/fact-file/characters-and-pets/james-potter) and their son Harry, who was famously responsible for the Dark Lord's downfall. The Potter family could be traced back a twelfth-century wizard, Linfred of Stinchcombe, who made money inventing magical cures and remedies, a feat replicated by Fleamont Potter, whose invention of [Sleekeazy's Hair Potion](/fact-file/plants-and-potions/sleekeazys-hair-potion) was sold for a vast profit. Linfred's son, Hardwin married into the Peverell family and inherited [the Invisibility Cloak](/fact-file/objects/the-invisibility-cloak) - a remarkable artefact that was unlike any other of its kind - and would ultimately make its way down to [Harry Potter](/fact-file/characters-and-pets/harry-potter). 

The Potters

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### Connections
[James Potter](/fact-file/characters-and-pets/james-potter)

[Lily Potter](/fact-file/characters-and-pets/lily-potter) 

[Harry Potter](/fact-file/characters-and-pets/harry-potter) 

Albus Severus Potter 

James Sirius Potter 

Lily Luna Potter 

Gellert Grindelwald Fact File Body Text

Gellert Grindelwald’s belief in the superiority of wizards over their [Muggle](/fact-file/magical-miscellany/muggles) counterparts was controversial in the 1920s, but nevertheless attracted wide support from witches and wizards who were tired of having to hide their magical abilities. Expelled from his school, [Durmstrang](/fact-file/locations/durmstrang-institute), for ‘twisted experiments’, Gellert went on to form a close friendship with [Albus Dumbledore](/fact-file/characters-and-pets/albus-dumbledore), and the pair spent many hours seeking out the Deathly Hallows and debating how they might be used to reform the wizarding world. Their friendship was irrevocably destroyed after a tragic accident and whilst Dumbledore worked for good, Grindelwald's path took a darker turn. 

Gellert Grindelwald

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### Appearances
[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince](/discover/books/harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince)

[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows](/discover/books/harry-potter-and-the-deathly-hallows)

[Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them](/discover/films/fantastic-beasts-and-where-to-find-them)

[Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald](/discover/films/fantastic-beasts-the-crimes-of-grindelwald) 

[Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore](/discover/films/fantastic-beasts-the-secrets-of-dumbledore)

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### Affiliation
[Durmstrang Institute](/fact-file/magical-miscellany/durmstrang-institute)

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### Skills
[Dark Arts](/fact-file/magical-miscellany/dark-arts)

[Duelling](/fact-file/magical-miscellany/duelling)

[Charms](/fact-file/magical-miscellany/charms)

[Transfiguration](/fact-file/magical-miscellany/transfiguration)

[Potions](/fact-file/magical-miscellany/potions)

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### Hobbies
Attempting wizard rule over [Muggles](/fact-file/magical-miscellany/muggles)

Bathilda Bagshot was a magical historian and a long time friend of [Albus Dumbledore](/fact-file/characters-and-pets/albus-dumbledore). Author of *A History of Magic*,  a core [Hogwarts](/fact-file/locations/hogwarts) text, Bathilda lived and died in [Godric's Hollow](/fact-file/locations/godrics-hollow), the former home of Harry's family, [the Potters.](/fact-file/magical-miscellany/the-potters) In fact, Bathilda had several connections to key wizarding world characters: she was [Gellert Grindelwald's](/fact-file/characters-and-pets/gellert-grindelwald) great-aunt.

Bathilda Bagshot

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### Appearances
[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows](/discover/books/harry-potter-and-the-deathly-hallows)

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### Affiliation
[Hogwarts](/fact-file/locations/hogwarts) textbook writer

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### Skills
History of Magic


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