Abstract: A winding device with two supporting rollers, upon which a web is wound onto a winding tube to form a roll. The web may be guided under the first supporting roller from below through a gap between the supporting rollers to the roll. A pivoting winding tube inserter is provided, which carries the winding tube and which may be pivoted over the wedge like space between the two supporting rollers for depositing the winding tube. A blade is arranged over the pivoting range of the tube inserter. The blade is guided closely adjacent to a rim of the tube inserter parallel to the axles of the supporting rollers. Cutting is effected during the run-out of the finished roll under the tension resulting from said run-out and maintained by a braking device acting against the upstream supporting roller in the web.