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Slovenia: Šentanski dnevi (Saint Anna Days), Last Day

Our village Podljubelj, also known as Sveta Ana (Saint Ana), organizes some events in September, that last for the whole week, and today we had the last day.

Our first event of the day was the hike through the valley, where we stopped by at some interesting places, like the local church that was mentioned already in the 14th century, mercury mine, concentration camp and our local guide Nejc explained some interesting things to us.

 

The church was first mentioned in 1399. It is one-nave church with the Late Gothic presbytery which has three-eight conclusion dated 1519. The nave was most probably baroqued in the 18th century. Stained-glass windows were created by Stane Kregar in 1964. The statue of Saint Anne on the main altar was created by Vinko Ribnikar in 1957.

Our second stop was the Mauthausen Memorial park. The park is situated at the location where the Ljubelj concentration camp (part of Mauthausen) once stood. The camp was built to house the prisoners who were charged with carving out a 1.5km long tunnel through the Karawanks mountain range.

Next to the Mauthausen Memorial park, in the nearby restaurant, we visited the memorial room with an exhibition consisting of the prisoners' personal belongings, the tools they used and photographs of the camp and its detainees.

We continued down the valley and we ran into this guy. His name is Fičo.

 

Our next stop was the mercury mine. Cinnabar was found in our village around 1560. The operation of the mine and its exploitation changed several times. The mine stopped working in 1902.

We went into one of the tunnels, called Anton's tunnel.

Our hike finished at local Camping place, where we continued with our events.

Hike with the locals in our village

Our second event was Obstacle Challenge with many interesting tasks. We competed as pairs, but to spice things up a little, the pairs were randomly appointed.

Track tour and explanation of the rules

 

 

Me and my co-competitor Vizo

The last event was the football match, Young vs. Old.

 

I scored the only goal for the Old ones, unfortunately it was in our net. The final score was 5:0 for the Youngs.

Obstacle Challenge Podium

Results of the Obstacle Challenge competition (teams with a kid or a woman in the team got a 10% bonus of the best time achieved):

Standings	Name and Surname		Time achieved	bonus	Final time
1	Krašovec Tomaž	Skočir Neja		-10 %	3:32:25
2	Nemc Roman	Meglič Miha	3:44:13		3:44:13
3	Kožuh Metod	Meglič Aleksander	3:59:41		3:59:41
4	Janc Dejan	Krašovec Sebastjan		-10 %	4:13:56
5	Skočir Damjana	Kralj Borut		-10 %	4:14:35
6	Vešligaj Marijan	Vizjak Boštjan			4:16:37
7	Ahačič Nika	Štamcar Primož		-10 %	4:20:31
8	Meglič Joži	Nik Nedeljko		-20 %	4:26:20
9	Srečnik Tamara	Knific Jan		-10 %	4:26:36
10	Kralj Tanja	Janc Lovro		-20 %	4:27:26
11	Lindav Miha	Vizjak Darja		-10 %	4:34:44
12	Nemec Boštjan	Krašovec Mojca		-10 %	4:44:48
13	Nemc Matic	Nemc Jože			5:31:16
14	Dragičevič Urh	Kralj Žiga		-10 %	5:39:29
15	Golmajer Irena	Kralj Vid		-20 %	5:47:32