Garliava

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Field	Value
name	Garliava
settlement_type	City
pushpin_map	Lithuania
pushpin_label_position
pushpin_map_caption	Location of Garliava
image_skyline	Garliavos Švč. Trejybės bažnyčia.JPG
image_caption	Church of Holy Trinity in Garliava
image_shield	Garliava COA.svg
coordinates
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name
subdivision_type1	Ethnographic region
subdivision_name1	Suvalkija
subdivision_type2	County
subdivision_name2	[[Image:LTU Kauno apskritis flag.svg
subdivision_type3	Municipality
subdivision_name3	Kaunas district municipality
subdivision_type4	Eldership
subdivision_name4	Garliava eldership
subdivision_type6	Capital of
subdivision_name6	Garliava eldership
Garliava rural eldership
established_date	1809
established_title	First mentioned
established_date2	1958
established_title2	Granted city rights
founder	Józef Godlewski
named_for	Józef Godlewski
population_total	10,234
population_as_of	2022
timezone	EET
utc_offset	+2
timezone_DST	EEST
utc_offset_DST	+3
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Garliava (), is a city in Kaunas District Municipality, Lithuania. Garliava is located 10 km south from the center of Kaunas and has a territory of 3,65 km2.

Name

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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.

History

In 1809 built a 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. At the time, it was part of the short-lived Napoleonic Duchy of Warsaw, and after its dissolution in 1815, it became part of the so-called Congress Poland in Russian Empire. After World War I, it became part of the newly restored Lithuania.

Notable residents

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(1773–1867), founder
Jonas Algimantas Boruta (1944-2022), Roman Catholic prelate
Juozas Gabrys (1880 – 1951), politician and advocate of Lithuanian independence, was born in Garliava. In his memoirs, he referred to himself as the "Count of Garliava."
Darius Labanauskas (*1976), darts player

Education

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.

Sport

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FK Garliava football club;
Stadium of the school of Adomas Mitkus.

References

History of Garliava . Eldership of Garliava.

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