Khlong Bangkok Noi

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Khlong Bangkok Noi at Wat Sri Sudaram, looking west
Khlong Bangkok Noi at Wat Sri Sudaram, looking east

The Khlong Bangkok Noi ( Thai : คลอง บางกอกน้อย ) is a canal ( Khlong ) in the western part of Bangkok , the capital of Thailand .

Location and course

The Khlong Bangkok Noi leads from the district of Mueang Nonthaburi ( ⊙ ) through the districts ( Amphoe ) Bang Kruai and Bang Yai , then on through the Bangkok districts ( Khet ) Taling Chan and Bangkok Noi , where it turns into the Mae Nam Chao Phraya ( Chao- Phraya River ) ( ⊙ ) flows into it. The northern area of ​​the canal is also referred to on some maps as Maenam Om ( -auf - Om River ), for the Bangkok Noi then only the approximately 3.5 kilometers long southern section to the Chao Phraya remains.

history

During the reign of King Chairacha , King of the Kingdom of Ayutthaya from 1534 to 1546, a canal was dug at the king's behest in order to shorten the travel time of ships on the Chao Phraya Current from the Gulf of Thailand to the capital Ayutthaya . The canal, which is only about three kilometers long, shortened a 15-kilometer loop of the river, it begins opposite today's Thammasat University and leads in a slight curve in a north-south direction to just behind today's Wat Arun . Over the centuries the Chao Phraya has changed its course, the former canal became a 200-meter-wide river, and the former river silted up. Today it is called Khlong Bangkok Noi ("Bangkok Noi Canal" - Small Canal at the Village of Olive Trees ) and Khlong Bangkok Yai ("Bangkok Yai Canal" - Large Canal at the Village of Olive Trees ).

Sights on the canal

  • The Bangkok Noi Railway Station (also: Thon Buri Railway Station ) is located on the southern bank of Khlong Bangkok Noi, where it flows into the Chao Phraya River. This is where the trains departed to the west, mainly to Kanchanaburi Province , but also to southern Thailand . The station was built in 1900 by the German architect Karl Döhring in the European style. During the Second World War it was used by the Japanese as a replenishment base and was therefore destroyed. After the war, the station building was rebuilt in the same style. In 2003 the actual train station was moved about 1 km to the west, and the old building has been unused since then. The railway area freed as a result is intended for the expansion of the hospital, but is currently only used as a parking lot.
  • National Museum of the Royal Barges on the north bank of the canal near the confluence with the Chao Phraya - shows the history of the royal barge procession , with interesting exhibits.
  • Wat Suwannaram Ratcha Woravihan on the southern bank of the canal - founded in the Ayutthaya period , very remarkable wall paintings of the last 10 Jatakas (Thai: "Tosachat") executed in the Ubosot by Master Thong Yu and Master Khong Pae, who were famous artists at the time of the king Rama III. were.
  • Ban-Bu settlement - the descendants of refugees who fled the destruction of Ayutthaya by the Burmese live here. The settlement is known for "Khan Long Hin", traditionally made metal bowls made from an alloy of bronze, tin and "Thong Mah Lau", a specific type of gold.
  • Wat Sri Sudaram - Thailand's national poet Sunthorn Pu received his education here. Behind a monument to the poet there is a sermon hall ("Sala Kan Parian") from the Ayutthaya period.

literature

  • William Warren, R. Ian Lloyd: Bangkok's Waterways . Asia Books, Bangkok 1989, ISBN 981-00-1011-7 .
  • Derick Garnier: Ayutthaya - Venice of the East . River Books, Bangkok 2004, ISBN 974-8225-60-7

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Steve Van Beek: The Chao Phya, River in Transition . Oxford University Press, Kuala Lumpur 1995, ISBN 967-65-3069-7
  2. ↑ Some sources put the construction of the canal in 1522, at a time when Chairatcha was not yet a king.

Web links

Commons : Khlong Bangkok Noi  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 13 ° 45 ′ 47 "  N , 100 ° 28 ′ 45"  E