Makarantar Hogwarts ta Witchcrafts and Wizardry / / ˈhɒɡwɔːrts /) makarantar kwana ce ta sihiri ta almara a cikin jerin Harry Potter na JK Rowling. Ita ce babban wurin da aka fara rubuta littattafai da fina-finai shida na farko kuma tana aiki a matsayin babban wuri a cikin babban kamfanin watsa labarai na Wizarding World.
A cikin littattafan, an bayyana Hogwarts a matsayin makarantar kwana ta sakandare mai zaman kanta wacce ke ɗaukar yara daga shekaru goma sha ɗaya zuwa goma sha takwas. A cewar Rowling, duk wani yaro a Burtaniya wanda ya nuna iyawar sihiri ana gayyatarsa ya halarci makarantar. Shafin yanar gizon Wizarding World ya bayyana cewa an kafa Hogwarts a tsaunukan Scotland tsakanin ƙarni na 9 da 10 ta hanyar mayu Godric Gryffindor, Helga Hufflepuff, Rowena Ravenclaw da Salazar Slytherin. Rowling ya bayar da bayanai daban-daban game da adadin ɗaliban da suka yi rajista a Hogwarts a kowane lokaci.
A wata hira da aka yi da Rowling a shekarar 1999, ta ce ta yi tunanin Hogwarts a matsayin wuri da ke ba da tsaro ga marayu Harry Potter. Ta ce ta mai da Hogwarts makarantar kwana saboda muhimman abubuwan da suka faru a cikin labarin suna faruwa da daddare. Marubuta da dama sun ba da shawarar cewa Rowling ta ɗauki sunan "Hogwarts" daga littafin 1954 mai suna <i id="mwUA">"How to Be Topp</i> " wanda Geoffrey Willans ya rubuta; littafin ya bayyana wani wasan kwaikwayo na almara mai suna "The Hogwarts" da kuma wani shugaban makaranta mai suna "Hoggwart". Rowling, duk da haka, ta ce wataƙila ta samo sunan "Hogwarts" ba tare da saninta ba daga sunan shukar hogwort.
Kalmar "hogwarts" ta kuma bayyana sau ɗaya a cikin littafin Finnegans Wake na 1939 na James Joyce.
Castle da filin
Rowling ta bayyana Hogwarts a matsayin "babban gidan sarauta mai ban tsoro, mai cike da hasumiyai da gine-gine". Ta ce gidan sarautar yana da sihiri. Filin makarantar yana da filayen ciyawa masu gangara, lambunan kayan lambu da wuraren kore. Akwai filin wasa don yin wasan sihiri na Quidditch, da kuma babban yanki mai dazuzzuka wanda aka sani da Dajin Haramtacce. Akwai kuma tafki, wanda gida ne ga 'yan kasuwa, grindylows da babban squid. Mayu ba za su iya hawa (teleport) a filin Hogwarts ba, amma akwai wasu ɓoyayyun hanyoyi da ke kaiwa zuwa da kuma fita daga makarantar. A cikin Harry Potter da Goblet of Fire (2000), an bayyana cewa Muggles (mutane marasa sihiri) ba za su iya ganin Hogwarts ba saboda akwai sihiri da yawa a kai.
An gabatar da wani yanki na ƙarƙashin ƙasa na gidan sarauta da aka sani da Ɗakin Sirri a cikin littafin na biyu, Harry Potter da Ɗakin Sirri (1998). A cikin littafin, ƙaramin ɗalibi Ginny Weasley ya tilasta wa buɗe Ɗakin ta hannun mayen duhu Voldemort. Daga Ɗakin akwai wani babban Basilisk, wanda ya kai hari ga ɗalibai har sai da Harry ya kashe shi. Ɗakin sihiri mai suna "Mai sihiri" yana nan a Hogwarts. Yana bayyana ne kawai lokacin da wani ya buƙaci shi, kuma yana ɗauke da duk abin da mutumin ya buƙata. A cikin Order of the Phoenix (2003), Harry yana gudanar da tarurruka na ƙungiyar ɗalibansa ta Dumbledore's Army a cikin Ɗakin Bukatar. A cikin Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2005), Draco Malfoy ya yi amfani da ɗakin don ɓoyewa da gyara wani Kabad mai ɓacewa, wanda ya ba shi damar yin fasa-kwaurin Voldemort's Death Eaters zuwa Hogwarts.
