CITY OF COUNTS HAS A GREAT HISTORY
IT ALL STARTED LONG, LONG TIME AGO
First mentioning of Celje (Cylia) in 1122-1137
THE BEGGINING OF CELJE COUNTS
FRIDERIK I., BORN AROUND 1300, FIRST COUNT OF CITY CELJE
COUNTS OF CELJE FIRST OWNED ŽOVNEK CASTLE
Žovnek castle
LATER, THEY TOOK OVER CELJE CASTLE
11th APRIL 1451, CELJE RECIVES CITY STATUS FROM FRIDERIK II.
LAST CELJE COUNT FRIDERIK II. DIED 1456 AND ALL THE PROPERTY WAS TAKEN OVER
FIRST TRAIN IN CELJE, 1846
GROWING STRONG, SAVINJA RIVER FROM LOGARSKA VALLEY IN CONNECTION TO CELJE
SAVINJA RIVER STARTS ITS JOURNEY IN FAMOUS LOGARSKA VALLEY AT SLAP RINKA
IN CELJE SOME 75 km AWAY, SAVINJA CAN ALREADY COUSE MAJOR FLOODS
START OF ENDURANCE EVENT ULTRA MARATHON CELJE-LOGARSKA DOLINA 1984
OUR RACE DIRECTOR RACED THERE IN 1989 AT AGE 16
TRADITIONAL ULTRA EVENT IN CELJE, WENT ON FOR 34 YEARS
THE END OF THE EVENT IN 2018 DUE TO ORGANIZATIONAL PROBLEMS AND HIGH COSTS
EXPANSION OF THE NEW RUNNING ERA, TRAIL RUNNING
TRAIL RUNNING IS USSUALLY IN PURE NATURE, FORESTS, ALONG PATHS
RUNNING, WALKING AND OBSERVING BEAUTIFUL SOROUNDINGS
BEAUTIFUL NATURE AND GREAT SOROUNDINGS, USUALLY MEET COMPETITORS ON TRAILS
THATS HOW THE IDEA OF ULTRA TRAIL SAVINJA WAS BORN, IN TRAIL RUNNING IN NATURE IN JULY 2019
THE HISTORIC STORY OF ULTRA TRAIL SAVINJA CONNECTS
NOT ONLY TWO FURTHEST POINTS ON THE “PINK COURSE-114 km” AND TIES THEM TOGETHER, AS BOTH CASTLE ŽOVNEK AND OLD CASTLE CELJE, WERE OWNED BY COUNTS OF CELJE. BUT ALSO CONNECTS CITIES ALONG THE RIVER, CULTURES, PEOPLE, CLUBS, ORGANIZATIONS, TO KEEP THE STORY GOING…
ORIGINAL LOGO FEATURING FOREST AND BLUE SAVINJA RIVER WAS MADE FROM SCRATCH
FIRST PROMOTION OF THE EVENT AT BIGGEST TRAIL IN KRANJSKA GORA, SEPTEMBER 2019
PROMOTORS MEETING AT PIZZERIA OLIVA CELJE, OCTOBER 2019
BIGGEST PROMOTION AT LJUBLJANSKI MARATHON, OCTOBER 2019
MULTI YEAR CONTRACT WITH GENERAL SPONSOR OGIS COMPANY WAS SIGNED, OKTOBER 2019
TOGETHER WE CREATE FUTURE
REGISTRATION FOR PREMIER EVENT OPENS 20th NOVEMBER, THE REST IS HISTORY