Garliava (), is a city in
Lithuania
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, considered a suburb of
Kaunas
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. Garliava is located south from the
center of Kaunas and has a territory of 3,65 km
2. In 1809
Józef Godlewski built a Holy Trinity church and named it ''Godlewo'' in his own honour, although
Lithuanians
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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
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, Kaunas,
Marijampolė
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, and
Warsaw
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.
Godlewski also built a place of worship for
Lutherans
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and a
synagogue
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for
Jews
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.
Name
Garliava is the
Lithuanian
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name of the city. Versions of the name in other languages include
Polish
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: ''Godlewo'',
Russian
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*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
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* Byelor ...
: Гадле́ва ''Gadleva'',
Yiddish
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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."
*
Darius Labanauskas
Darius Labanauskas (born 26 July 1976) is a Lithuanian professional darts player who plays in the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. In 2015, he was the WDF world number 1.
Career
BDO
Labanauskas is a three-time Lithuania National Ch ...
(*1976), darts player
Education
In a relatively small area of 3,65 km
2., 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
Godlewoin 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 ( pl ...
(1881)
Cities in Lithuania
Cities in Kaunas County
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