Garliava
City
Church of Holy Trinity in Garliava
Church of Holy Trinity in Garliava
Coat of arms of Garliava
Coat of arms
Garliava is located in Lithuania
Garliava
Garliava
Location of Garliava
Coordinates: 54°49′0″N 23°52′0″E / 54.81667°N 23.86667°E / 54.81667; 23.86667
Country Lithuania
Ethnographic regionSuvalkija
County Kaunas County
MunicipalityKaunas district municipality
EldershipGarliava eldership
Capital ofGarliava eldership
Garliava rural eldership
First mentioned1809
Granted city rights1958
Population
 (2022)
 • Total10,234
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

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.

Name

Park near the Maišys 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 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.

Notable residents

Monument celebrating the 100 years of the Republic of Lithuania
  • Józef Godlewski (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

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