Headlamp for motor vehicles

A headlamp for motor vehicles, comprising a reflector;

• a gas discharge lamp;
• a front plate covering a light exit opening of the headlamp;
• a filter arranged in a beam path of light beams reflected by said reflector and light beams transmitted directly to said front plate and at least partially absorbing light in a UV wavelength region;
• a shade arranged in the beam path of the light beam reflected by said reflector;
• a lens arranged in the beam path of the beams influenced by the shade and forming an image of an edge of said shade as the light/dark border of a light beam reflected by said reflector;
• a lens arranged in the beam path of the beams influenced by the shade and forming an image of an edge of said shade as the light/dark border of a light distribution, said lens being formed as a filter;
• a carrier which is connected with said reflector and formed as a hollow cylinder closed at its circumference, said lens being arranged in said carrier, said carrier having a radially inwardly pointing edge;
• and a radially elastically resilient ring, said lens being held resting against aid radially inwardly pointing edge of said carrier by means of said radially elastically resilient ring which is inserted in said carrier.