Garliava

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Garliava
Coat of arms of Garliava
Coat of arms
Garliava (Lithuania)
Garliava
Garliava
Location of Garliava
Coordinates: 54°49′0″N 23°52′0″E / 54.81667, 23.86667
Country Flag of Lithuania Lithuania
Ethnographic region Suvalkija
County Kaunas County
Municipality Kaunas district municipality
Capital of Garliava rural eldorate
First mentioned 1809
Granted city rights 1958
Population (2005)
 - Total 13,423
 - Rank 28th
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 - Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)

Garliava (pronunciation (help·info) now a suburb of Kaunas, is 10 kilometers from the center of the city. In 1809 Józef Godlewski built a 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. Godlewski also built a place of worship for Lutherans and a synagogue for Jews.

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