Abstract: The holding device according to the invention for the sheet end 12 of a material web wound up to form a coil 1, which material web is received on a carrying shaft 44, comprises a clamping bar 34 on which several clamping pieces 35 are arranged so as to be displaceable and fixable along the longitudinal axis of the clamping bar 34, which is supported on the ends of the carrying shaft 44 by clamping and guiding units 36 via bearing pieces 45 and exerts a contact pressure between the bottom side of the sheet end 12 and the penultimate layer of the coil 1 and between the top side of the sheet end 12 and the clamping pieces 35, which contact pressure, together with the frictional forces resulting therefrom, secures the sheet end 12.