Abstract: A damping device, in particular for operating members within motor vehicles comprises a housing including a chamber, a liquid phase medium within the chamber, a shaft extending through the chamber, at least one radial vane attached to the shaft in such a manner that when pivoting the vane in the direction of one of two circumferentially spaced radial stops, the medium displaced out of one chamber portion will flow into the other chamber portion through means of a flow constriction, either the housing or the shaft being stationary and the housing or the shaft being connected with the actuating member, whereby at least one throughbore is defined within the vane and serves as the flow constriction.