Abstract: An inductive device comprises a soft magnetic core which consists of two E-shaped core halves (1), each of which comprises three parallel limbs (5, 7) which are interconnected by a yoke (9). The core halves (1) are arranged against one another by way of the free ends of the limbs (5, 7), a coil former (3) being provided around the central limbs (7). The outer limbs (5) extend between an upper boundary plane (25) and lower boundary plane (27), which planes extend parallel to the longitudinal directions of the limbs (5, 7) and the yokes (9), the distance between said planes being determined by the height (x) of the outer limbs (5) which is greater than the height (y) of the central limbs (7).