Starter device for internal combustion engines and method for operating same

A starting apparatus for an internal combustion engine, comprising:

• a drive pinion for engagement into a ring gear of the internal combustion engine;
• an electrical rotary actuator and an electrical linear actuator, the electrical rotary actuator being configured to rotate the drive pinion and the electrical linear actuator being configured to slide the drive pinion, the electrical linear actuator having a linear-stroke magnet that has a sliding armature that can be moved by a first retraction winding, within the first retraction winding, along a sliding armature axis, the electrical linear actuator further having a holding winding by which the sliding armature can be held in a retracted state, wherein the electrical linear actuator is also configured to actuate a switching apparatus using which the electrical rotary actuator can be activated into a second actuation stage, wherein the electrical linear actuator further includes a second retraction winding which is connected in parallel with the first retraction winding, such that the first retraction winding can be shut off by a normally closed switch of the switching apparatus while a current path through a second retraction winding is closed, wherein the linear actuator has a coil carrier, the first retraction winding being disposed in a first annular volume of a winding volume of the coil carrier, the second retraction winding being disposed in a second annular volume of the winding volume of the coil carrier and surrounding the first retraction winding with a portion of the annular volume, the holding winding being disposed in a third annular volume of the winding volume of the coil carrier and surrounding both the first retraction winding and the second retraction winding.