Front axle of a motor vehicle and motor vehicle

A front axle of a motor vehicle, comprising:

• two wheel suspensions, each with a control arm and a subframe, wherein the control arms are each designed in a tension strut arrangement and have a tension strut, at least one transverse arm and at least one steering bearing with a bearing axis, wherein the subframe has longitudinal members in the vehicle longitudinal direction and at least one cross member in the vehicle transverse direction, wherein the longitudinal members are each rigidly connected to the at least one cross member in a connecting region, and wherein the transverse arms are each mounted between the wheel suspension and a longitudinal member, wherein the cross member has a central base region running perpendicular to the vehicle longitudinal direction and, at one respective end of the base region, a cantilever region formed in an oblique forward direction relative to the vehicle's longitudinal direction, wherein the control arms are each mounted in an articulated manner on the cantilever region of the cross member by the steering bearings in the cantilever region, and wherein the free end of the cantilever region is formed with a barrier with a lateral extension within the region of the small lateral overlap of the motor vehicle.