Control arrangement for a cooling circuit of an internal combustion engine

A control arrangement for the coolant flow of a cooling circuit of an internal combustion engine, having a radiator with a coolant pump for pumping the coolant through said coolant circuit and a control element for controlling the flow of coolant through the cooling circuit, said cooling circuit including a radiator circuit which includes the internal combustion engine, the coolant pump and the radiator, and a short circuit, which includes only the internal combustion engine and the coolant pump, said control element comprising a control valve arranged in said cooling circuit and having respective connections for said radiator circuit and said short circuit, and a common connection for said internal combustion engine and said pump, said control valve including a valve element having selectivity a shut-off position for said radiator circuit and said short circuit, a position providing, selectively, a connection between the radiator circuit or the short circuit and the common connection or a connection of the radiator circuit and the short circuit by-passing the radiator to the common connection for a mixed-mode operation and a position in which both connections for the radiator circuit as well as the short circuit are simultaneously closed by said valve element.