Garliava (), is a city in Kaunas District Municipality, Lithuania. Garliava is located south from the center of Kaunas and has a territory of 3,65 km2.
Name
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
(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
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 (1881); the first entry "Godlewo", item 3.) within