Bedheim
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BEDHEIM
State : Thüringen
District (Kreis) : Hildburghausen
Incorporated into : 1993 Gleichamberg (2012 Römhild)
Official blazon
Origin/meaning
The arms were granted on January 5, 1993.
The organ pipes in the upper half symbolise the unique organ, built in the local church in 1721 by order of Philipp von Hessberg.
The dinosaur (Halticosaurus liliensterni) is used as in the Kleine Gleichberg remains of this species were found by the local doctor Hugo Rühle von Lilienstein in 1934. The colours are those of the Lords of Hessberg, who had their estate in the village for many centuries.
Literature : Ulle, 1998