Английская Википедия:Garliava
Garliava (Шаблон:Pronunciation), is a city in Kaunas District Municipality, Lithuania. Garliava is located Шаблон:Convert 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 Шаблон:Ill built a Шаблон:Ill 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
- Шаблон:Ill (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
- Шаблон:In lang History of Garliava. Eldership of Garliava.
External links
- Шаблон:In lang Godlewo in the Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland (1881); the first entry "Godlewo", item 3.) within
Шаблон:Kaunas County Шаблон:Authority control
