1. A method for determining a position of a local coil, in at least one spatial direction, on a bed within a magnetic resonance scanner that is movable relative to the magnetic resonance scanner, comprising the steps of: at each of a plurality of positions of said bed relative to said scanner, conducting a magnetic resonance measurement, using said local coil, selected from the group consisting of acquisition of magnetic resonance image data and acquisition of system parameters, and extracting a signal intensity value for said local coil from said magnetic resonance measurement; automatically electronically determining a functional dependency of the extracted signal intensity values on the respective positions of the bed relative to the scanner; and from the determined functional dependency, automatically electronically identifying a position, in at least one spatial direction, of the local coil on the bed.