Sports teams
Quidditch

Heidelberg Harriers 

"fiercer than a dragon and twice as clever"
-- Irish captain Darren O'Hare (QA8).

Heidelberg Harriers 

The Heidelberg Harriers are a European Quidditch team based in Heidelberg, Germany (QA7).

In 1983, a seven-day long Quidditch match against the Holyhead Harpies is considered to be “one of the finest Quidditch games ever seen”. The captain of the Harriers, Rudolf Brand, proposed to Harpies’captain Gwendolyn Morgan at the end of the match. She hit him with her Cleansweep Five as a reply (QA7).

Related Entries

Commentary

Etymology

The word harrier can mean (1) a persistent attacker, (2) a breed of dog used to hunt hares or (3) a bird of prey (Oxford English Dictionary).

Notes

The city of Heidelberg is located on the River Neckar in south-west Germany. According to its Wikipedia entry, it has four rugby league teams, two rugby union teams and a basketball team, but no Quidditch team (Wikipedia).

From the Web

Pottermore feature: Quidditch collection

Harry Potter Wiki: Quidditch

Pensieve (Comments)

Tags: clever famous fierce international match romance seven sports teams

Editor:

Sports teams
Appleby Arrows  Argentina National Team Armenia National Team Australia National Team Ballycastle Bats  Banchory Bangers Barnton Quidditch Team Bigonville Bombers  Braga Broomfleet  Brazil National Team Bulgaria National Team Burkina Faso National Team Caerphilly Catapults  Canada National Team Chad National Team China National Team Chudley Cannons  Egypt National Team England National Team Falmouth Falcons  Fiji National Team Fitchburg Finches  Flanders National Team France National Team Germany National Team Gimbi Giant-Slayers Gorodok Gargoyles  Grodzisk Goblins  Gryffindor Quidditch team Haileybury Hammers  Haiti National Team
Heidelberg Harriers  Holyhead Harpies  Hufflepuff Quidditch Team Hungary National Team Ilkley Kwidditch Team Ireland National Team Ivory Coast National Team Jamaica National Team Japan National Team Karasjok Kites  Kenmare Kestrels  Liechtenstein National Team Luxembourg National Team Madagascar National Team Mahoutokoro School Teams Malawi National Team Moldova National Team Montrose Magpies  Moose Jaw Meteorites  Moutohora Macaws New Spain National Team New Zealand National Team Nigeria National Team Norfolk Quidditch Teams Norway National Team Patonga Proudsticks Peru National Team Poland National Team Pride of Portree  Puddlemere United Reserve Team Puddlemere United 
Quiberon Quafflepunchers  Quidditch Teams of Africa Quidditch Teams of Asia and Oceania Quidditch Teams of Britain and Ireland Quidditch Teams of Europe Quidditch Teams of Hogwarts Quidditch Teams of the Americas Ravenclaw Quidditch Team Romania National Team Scotland National Team Senegal National Team Slytherin Quidditch Team Stonewall Stormers  Sumbawanga Sunrays Sweetwater All-Stars  Syria National Team Tarapoto Tree-Skimmers Tchamba Charmers Thundelarra Thunderers Toyohashi Tengu Transylvania National Team Turkey National Team Tutshill Tornados  Uganda National Team United States National Team Vratsa Vultures Wales National Team West Ham United Wigtown Wanderers  Wimbourne Wasps Woollongong Warriors
Timeline
Sources
Quidditch Through the Ages Chapter 7 Chapter 8