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Lucilinburhuc School of Witchcraft and Wizardry by SweetLittleVampire
Since I am still bitter about us having to go to Beauxbatons, I created us a school of our own. The links included in the text will show you pictures of the actual locations.
- Based in: Luxembourg, Europe
- Located in: Castle of Beaufort (appears fallen apart to Muggles; technique borrowed from Hogwarts) (Here is a map of Luxembourg; Beaufort is somewhere between Diekirch and Echternach. I live in Luxembourg, and it takes me about 45 minutes by train to go from there to Diekirch.)
- Name Origin: Lucilinburhuc was the name of a small roman castellum located in what is known today as Luxembourg City.. Count Siegfried 1st. used it to build his castle in 963, and the city formed itself around it. It literally means “tiny castle”, and the country´s actual name derives from it. The castle itself lies in ruins, and they´ve become an actual tourist atraction, and is since 1994 part of the UNESCO World Heritage.
- Status: European boarding school. Students allowed to attend are from Luxembourg and all of the other European dwarf states (San Marino, Malta, Andorra, Liechtenstein, Monaco, the Vatican). 150 places are reserved to pupils from Belgium and the Netherlands who would prefer not to attend Beauxbatons. Classes will be held mostly in English; different language classes are available as options.
- Accomodation Space: For up to 1200 students (to compare: Joanne K. Rowling said Hogwarts had around 1000 students; the book however suggests that there might have been up to 1700. My own high school - located in Luxembourg´s city centre - has about 1400).
- School Houses: Two. House Melusina (blue) and House Sigefroi (red) → more info to be added later.
- The Crest: It depicts the colours of the two Houses as well as their attributes - wave-like structures for Melusina, and regal-looking damask for Sigefroi. Together with the white divider, they are reminiscent of Luxembourg´s national colours, red, white, and blue. They underline the unification of the diversity within the two Houses in one small country, who likes to keep its identity and heritage alive while welcoming and embracing foreign cultures. We chose not to include the actual symbols for Melusina and Sigefroi into the main coat of arms, since we believe that its simplicity makes enough of a statement.
- The Motto: “in Varietate Concordia” means Unity in Diversity. Since Lucilinburhuc does not only accept Luxembourgians but students from other dwarf states as well, we saw this motto as the most fitting, since the school tries to provide a home and education for all of its pupils, no matter where they are from. It is also the official motto of the European Union, which Luxembourg is a founding state of.
