Bedheim, located to the south at the foot of the Hahnritz, idyllically nestled in the foothills of the Gleichberge, was first mentioned in a document in 1169 as "Bedeheim" and has a population of 588.
It was particularly significant that the new century began with a new church in Bedheim. The Bedheim church is a simple Baroque building, the oldest part of which, the chancel, was built around 1260. It is noteworthy that the church has 2 organs. The large organ was installed in 1711 by the privileged organ builder Caspar Schippel. The small organ was donated by Johann Philipp von Hessberg in 1721 and hung like a "swallow's nest" opposite the large organ.
Bedheim Castle, a former moated castle, is reminiscent of the Renaissance and Baroque periods. It is still owned by the Rühle von Lilienstern family, who lived here until 1969. In 1788, Charlotte Freiin von Wolzogen was married to August Franz Rühle von Lilienstern in the large castle hall in Bedheim. The young woman was the childhood sweetheart of the poet Friedrich Schiller.

Probably the most important man in the young history of our village was Dr. Hugo Rühle von Lilienstern, who opened the Palaeontological Museum of Local History in Bedheim Castle on August 1, 1934. It was an extraordinary collection (e.g. dinosaur skeletons), which provided information about long lost epochs of the earth's history, their landscapes and living environments. Unfortunately, the museum was closed when Mrs. Rühle von Lilienstern moved to Bedheim in 1969.
In recognition of Dr. Hugo Rühle von Lilienstern's scientific work and findings in the fields of geology and palaeontology, a memorial stone was erected in the castle garden in Bedheim on his 110th birthday in 1992. In July 1993, the "Freundeskreis Bedheim e.V." was founded. This association has already contributed a great deal to the beautification of our village.