Headlamp for vehicles

A headlamp for a vehicle, the headlamp comprising:

• at least one light source for emitting light;
• and
• an optical unit comprising a projection lens to deflect the light so that a predetermined light distribution with a light/dark boundary is created in a vehicle near field, the projection lens having a Fresnel structure with a plurality of annular active faces that deflect the light for the purpose of the light distribution and inactive faces that do not deflect the light for the purpose of the light distribution, such that the active faces have an angle of inclination of a predetermined size relative to a plane that runs substantially perpendicular to an optical axis of the projection lens,
• wherein the angles of inclination of the active faces that are arranged at a distance from one another in a radial direction are designed to be periodically or aperiodically larger and smaller than the base angle of inclination,
• wherein the number of first active faces distributed in the radial direction extends at a first angle of inclination that is larger than the base angle of inclination by a first difference angle, and
• wherein the number of second active faces extends at a second angle of inclination that is smaller than the base angle of inclination by a second difference angle.