Garliava

Garliava (pronunciation^ⓘ), 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
City
Church of Holy Trinity in Garliava
Coat of arms
Garliava Location of Garliava
Coordinates: 54°49′0″N 23°52′0″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
Founded by	Józef Godlewski
Named for	Józef Godlewski
Population  (2022)
• Total	10,234
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Name

Park near the Maišys [lt] stream

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 Józef Godlewski [pl] built a Holy Trinity church [lt] 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 Polish Duchy of Warsaw, and after its dissolution in 1815, it became part of so-called Congress Poland under Russian control. After World War I, it became part of newly independent Lithuania.

Notable residents

Monument celebrating the 100 years of the Republic of Lithuania

• Józef Godlewski [pl] (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

Sport centre

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

References

• (in Lithuanian) History of Garliava. Eldership of Garliava.

External links

• (in Polish) Godlewo in the Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland (1881); the first entry "Godlewo", item 3.) within