Garliava | |
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City | |
 Church of Holy Trinity in Garliava | |
 Coat of arms | |
  Garliava Location of Garliava | |
| Coordinates:54°49′0″N23°52′0″E / 54.81667°N 23.86667°E /54.81667; 23.86667 | |
| 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 |
| Founded by | Józef Godlewski |
| Named after | Józef Godlewski |
| Population (2022) | |
• Total | 10,234 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Garliava (pronunciationⓘ), is a city inKaunas District Municipality,Lithuania. Garliava is located 10 km (6.2 mi) south from thecenter of Kaunas and has a territory of 3,65 km2.
Garliava is theLithuanian name of the city. Versions of the name in other languages includePolish:Godlewo,Russian: ГодлевоGodlevo,Belarusian: Гадле́ваGadleva,Yiddish: גודלעוועGudleve,Latvian:Garļava.
In 1809Józef Godlewski [pl] built aHoly Trinity church [lt] and named the settlementGodlewo in his own honour, althoughLithuanians started calling itGarliava. This year is generally viewed as the year Garliava was founded. It lay along a significant postal route betweenSaint Petersburg, Kaunas,Marijampolė, andWarsaw. Godlewski also built a place of worship forLutherans and asynagogue forJews. At the time, it was part of the short-livedNapoleonicDuchy of Warsaw, and after its dissolution in 1815, it became part of the so-calledCongress Poland inRussian Empire. AfterWorld War I, it became part of the newly restored Lithuania.
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.
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