Garliava (), is a city in Lithuania, considered a suburb of Kaunas. Garliava is located 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

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, Kaunas,

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. Godlewski also built a place of worship for

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and a synagogue for

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Name

Garliava is the Lithuanian name of the city. Versions of the name in other languages include

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: ''Godlewo'',

Russian Russian(s) refers to anything related to Russia, including: *Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...

: Годлево ''Godlevo'', Belarusian: Гадле́ва ''Gadleva'',

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: גודלעווע ''Gudleve'', Latvian: ''Garļava''.

Notable residents

Juozas Gabrys Juozas Gabrys or Juozas Gabrys-Paršaitis (February 22, 1880 – July 26, 1951) was a Lithuanian politician and diplomat, best remembered for his efforts to popularize the idea of Lithuania's independence in the West during World War I. Early l ...

(1880 – 1951), politician and advocate of Lithuanian independence, was born in Garliava. In his memoirs, he referred to himself as the "Count of Garliava." *

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(*1976), darts player

Education

In a relatively small area of 3,65 km²., there are five schools located in this suburb of Kaunas: 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

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

References

*
History of Garliava
Eldership of Garliava.

External links

Godlewo
in the

Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland The Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland and other Slavic Countries ( pl, Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich) is a monumental Polish gazetteer, published 1880–1902 in Warsaw Warsaw ( p ...

(1881) Cities in Lithuania Cities in Kaunas County {{KaunasCounty-geo-stub