Garliava

Garliava
—  City  —

Coat of arms
Garliava
Location of Garliava
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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
Population (2005)
 • Total 13,423
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)

Garliava (), is a city in Lithuania, considered a suburb of Kaunas. Garliava is located 10 km (6.2 mi) south from the center of Kaunas. 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.

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: גודלעבע Gudleve, Latvian: Garļava.

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