Garliava | |
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City | |
Coordinates: 54°49′0″N 23°52′0″E / 54.81667°N 23.86667°E | |
Country | Lithuania |
Ethnographic region | Suvalkija |
County | Kaunas County |
Municipality | Kaunas district municipality |
Eldership | Garliava eldership |
Capital of | Garliava eldership Garliava rural eldership |
First mentioned | 1809 |
Granted city rights | 1958 |
Population (2022) | |
• Total | 10,234 |
Time zone | UTC+2 ( EET) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC+3 ( EEST) |
Garliava (ⓘ ), is a city in Kaunas District Municipality, Lithuania. Garliava is located 10 km (6.2 mi) south from the center of Kaunas and has a territory of 3,65 km2.
Garliava is the Lithuanian name of the city. Versions of the name in other languages include Polish: Godlewo, Russian: Годлево Godlevo, Belarusian: Гадле́ва Gadleva, Yiddish: גודלעווע Gudleve, Latvian: Garļava.
In 1809 Józef Godlewski built a Holy Trinity church and named the settlement Godlewo in his own honour, although Lithuanians started calling it Garliava. This year is generally viewed as the year Garliava was founded. It lay along a significant postal route between Saint Petersburg, Kaunas, Marijampolė, and Warsaw.
Godlewski also built a place of worship for Lutherans and a synagogue for Jews.
There are five schools: Garliavos Juozo Lukšos gymnasium, Garliavos Jonučių high school, Garliava high school, Kindergarten and primary school of Garliava, and Garliava school of arts and music.