Abstract: Electrical resistance heating element comprising at least one heating conductor in the form of an element which is provided at opposite surfaces with an electrical contacting means and is made of a material having a positive temperature coefficient of electrical resistance (PTC element), and further comprising two substantially plane contact plates, the contact plates being held together with the PTC element interposed between them to form a single unit acting as a contact arrangement, and a sleeve of electrically insulating, heat conductive material having an inner space whose internal cross-section is adapted to the cross-section of the contact arrangement, the contact arrangement being inserted into the inner space in the sleeve under a pressure perpendicular to the plane of the contact plates. The sleeve consists of elastomeric material.