Lens holding arrangement

A lens holding arrangement for lenses of an illumination device for vehicles, the lens holding arrangement comprising:

• a surrounding body surrounding a plurality of lenses, wherein the lenses of the plurality of lenses are arranged coaxially to each other and at an axial distance to each other;
• and
• a plurality of attachment elements on an inner surface of the surrounding body, wherein each lens of the plurality of lenses contacts a front edge or a back edge of an associated attachment element of the plurality of attachment elements,
• wherein the surrounding body is segmented with a plurality of segments, wherein each segment of the plurality of segments surrounds the plurality of lenses in a circumferential angle range (φ)
• wherein each segment of the plurality of segments includes a fastening flange,
• wherein adjacent segments of the plurality of segments are connected to each other via a fastener extending through the fastening flanges, and
• wherein at least one of the fastening flanges of the adjacent segments includes an axial compensation means that allows axial adjustment of the adjacent segments relative to one another while the adjacent segments are connected via the fastener.