Internal gear shift for a manual transmission and manual transmission for a motor vehicle

A manual transmission for a motor vehicle having an internal gear shift, the internal gear shaft comprising:

• a shifting shaft mounted rotationally moveably about its axis and displaceably in axial direction,
• counter-engagement means;
• and
• at least two engagement elements, which interact with the counter-engagement means in order to lock the shifting shaft in at least one rotary position and in at least one stroke position,
• wherein one of the at least two engagement elements locks the shifting shaft in the at least one stroke position and the other one of the at least two engagement elements locks the shifting shaft in the at least one rotary position, and wherein the at least two engagement elements are movable against the counter-engagement means through the force of a common spring element.