White Tomb

"Hogwarts should be Dumbledore's final resting place."

The White Tomb is the only grave at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Located on the shores of the Lake, it is the final resting place of Albus Dumbledore, who willingly gave his life in the service of the Order of the Phoenix fighting Lord Voldemort's Death Eaters in the course of the Second Wizarding War.

History

1997

Books chapterart hbp 30 — Dumbledore's Tomb

It was Dumbledore's wish to be laid to rest in Hogwarts' grounds, and his supporters, friends, and colleagues ensured it was carried out. Despite the fact that no other Headmasters or Headmistresses had ever been laid to rest at Hogwarts before, the Ministry respected Dumbledore's wishes due to his great standing in the wizarding community. Many came to the funeral, and at the conclusion the White Tomb was forged in fire around Dumbledore's body.

1998

Dumbledorevoldemort — Voldemort breaks into the tomb to claim the Elder Wand.

"...or from breaking into your tomb"

— Harry Potter on Lord Voldemort^[src]

In 1998, Lord Voldemort, during his search for the Elder Wand, demanded the location of the wand from Gellert Grindelwald in his cell in Nurmengard prison. Grindelwald refused to tell him anything, possibly out of a desire not to see his old friend's grave desecrated, or as a sign of remorse for all the atrocities he committed. However, Voldemort eventually deduced that Dumbledore had won the Elder Wand from Grindelwald, who himself stole it from Gregorovitch. Voldemort flew to Hogwarts and used his own wand to crack open the White Tomb from head to foot, and then removed the sheets from around Dumbledore's body, allowing him to take the wand within, which had been buried with its owner. He did not realise that Harry Potter had won the allegiance of the wand from Draco during the skirmish in Malfoy Manor not long before.

Following Voldemort's death at the conclusion of the Battle of Hogwarts, Harry Potter, the one who had slain Voldemort utilising his mastership of the Elder Wand, snapped the Elder Wand in half and threw it off the side of a cliff, proclaiming that the Elder Wand contained too much power for one to possess, with only Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger, and himself knowing the true fate of the wand.

Behind the scenes

"The White Tomb" is the final chapter in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.
Instead of being located at the shores of the Black Lake, The White Tomb is located on an island in the lake which is where Voldemort breaks in the tomb at the end of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 .
The island The White Tomb is located on in the movies can be seen during a shot where the camera zooms into Hogwarts Castle in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film).