Wiper system for motor vehicles

A wiper system (10) for motor vehicles, in which at least one wiper arm (36) with a wiper blade (38) of a windshield wiper (12, 14) is placed in a parked position (26) parallel to a lateral boundary (40, 46) of a vehicle window (16), wherein the wiper arm (36) with the wiper blade (38) in the parked position (26) is disposed between the vehicle window (16) and a cover trim (34, 48) extending at a spacing distance (56) from the window, wherein the cover trim (34) is formed onto a column (40) of the vehicle body adjoined by the vehicle window (16), wherein the wiper blade (38) in the parked position (26) largely closes off the opening (60) between the cover trim (34, 480 and the vehicle window (16), wherein the wiper blade (38), on a side remote from the vehicle window (16), has a seal (52, 54), wherein the seal, in the parked position, adjoins the cover trim (34, 48), and wherein the wiper arm (36) is embodied as a flat-bar wiper blade.