Garliava

City

Coat of arms

Garliava

Location of Garliava

Coordinates: 54°49′0″N 23°52′0″E / 54.81667°N 23.86667°ECoordinates: 54°49′0″N 23°52′0″E / 54.81667°N 23.86667°E

Lithuania

Kaunas district municipality

Eldership

Garliava eldership

Capital of

Garliava eldership
Garliava rural eldership

First mentioned

1809

Granted city rights

1958

Population (2005)

• Total

13,423

Time zone

EET (UTC+2)

• Summer (DST)

EEST (UTC+3)

Garliava ( pronunciation ), is a city in Lithuania, considered a suburb of Kaunas. Garliava is located 10 km (6.2 mi) south from the center of Kaunas and has a territory of 3,65 km². In 1809 Józef Godlewski built a Holy Trinity church and named it 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.

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 a relatively small area of 3,65 km²., there are five schools located in this suburb of Kaunas: Garliavos Juozo Lukšos gymnazium, Garliavos Jonučių high school, Garliava high school, Kindergarten and primary school of Garliava and Garliava school of arts and music.

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