Liquid-crystalline medium having positive dielectric anisotropy of greater than 3 at a temperature of 20°C and at a frequency of 1 kHz, characterised in that it comprises - one or more polymerisable compounds of formula I in which P 11 and P 12 are independently from one another a polymerisable group, Sp 11 and Sp 12 are independently from one another a spacer group having from one to 10 C-atoms or a single bond, X 11 and X 12 are independently from one another -O-, -O-CO-, -CO-O-, -O-CO-O- or a single bond, L are in each occurrence independently from each other H, F, Cl or alkyl with 1 to 5 C-atoms, preferably H, F or Cl, r and s independently of one another are 0, 1, 2 or 3, t is 0, 1 or 2, and - one or more dielectrically positive compounds having a dielectric anisotropy of greater than 3 at a temperature of 20°Cand at a frequency of 1 kHz of formula II-2 in which R 2 denotes alkyl, alkoxy, fluorinated alkyl or fluorinated alkoxy having 1 to 7 C atoms, alkenyl, alkenyloxy, alkoxyalkyl or fluorinated alkenyl having 2 to 7 C atoms, and on each appearance, independently of one another, denote or L 21; L 22, L 23 and L 24, independently of one another, denote H or F, X 2 denotes halogen, halogenated alkyl or alkoxy having 1 to 3 C atoms or halogenated alkenyl or alkenyloxy having 2 or 3 C atoms, and - one or more dielectrically neutral compounds having a dielectric anisotropy in the range from -1.5 to 3 at a temperature of 20°C and at a frequency of 1 kHz of the formula IV in which R 41 and R 42, independently of one another, have the meanings indicated above for R 2 under formula II, and independently of one another and, if occurs twice, also these independently of one another, denote or Z 41 and Z 42, independently of one another and, if Z 41 occurs twice, also these independently of one another, denote -CH 2 CH 2 -, -COO-, trans -CH=CH-, trans -CF=CF-, -CH 2 O-, -CF 2 O-, -C=C- or a single bond, and p denotes 0, 1 or 2. - one or more polymerisable compounds of formula I in which P 11 and P 12 are independently from one another a polymerisable group, Sp 11 and Sp 12 are independently from one another a spacer group having from one to 10 C-atoms or a single bond, X 11 and X 12 are independently from one another -O-, -O-CO-, -CO-O-, -O-CO-O- or a single bond, L are in each occurrence independently from each other H, F, Cl or alkyl with 1 to 5 C-atoms, preferably H, F or Cl, r and s independently of one another are 0, 1, 2 or 3, t is 0, 1 or 2, and P 11 and P 12 are independently from one another a polymerisable group, Sp 11 and Sp 12 are independently from one another a spacer group having from one to 10 C-atoms or a single bond, X 11 and X 12 are independently from one another -O-, -O-CO-, -CO-O-, -O-CO-O- or a single bond, L are in each occurrence independently from each other H, F, Cl or alkyl with 1 to 5 C-atoms, preferably H, F or Cl, r and s independently of one another are 0, 1, 2 or 3, t is 0, 1 or 2, - one or more dielectrically positive compounds having a dielectric anisotropy of greater than 3 at a temperature of 20°Cand at a frequency of 1 kHz of formula II-2 in which R 2 denotes alkyl, alkoxy, fluorinated alkyl or fluorinated alkoxy having 1 to 7 C atoms, alkenyl, alkenyloxy, alkoxyalkyl or fluorinated alkenyl having 2 to 7 C atoms, and on each appearance, independently of one another, denote or L 21; L 22, L 23 and L 24, independently of one another, denote H or F, X 2 denotes halogen, halogenated alkyl or alkoxy having 1 to 3 C atoms or halogenated alkenyl or alkenyloxy having 2 or 3 C atoms, and R 2 denotes alkyl, alkoxy, fluorinated alkyl or fluorinated alkoxy having 1 to 7 C atoms, alkenyl, alkenyloxy, alkoxyalkyl or fluorinated alkenyl having 2 to 7 C atoms, and on each appearance, independently of one another, denote or L 21; L 22, L 23 and L 24, independently of one another, denote H or F, X 2 denotes halogen, halogenated alkyl or alkoxy having 1 to 3 C atoms or halogenated alkenyl or alkenyloxy having 2 or 3 C atoms, and - one or more dielectrically neutral compounds having a dielectric anisotropy in the range from -1.5 to 3 at a temperature of 20°C and at a frequency of 1 kHz of the formula IV in which R 41 and R 42, independently of one another, have the meanings indicated above for R 2 under formula II, and independently of one another and, if occurs twice, also these independently of one another, denote or Z 41 and Z 42, independently of one another and, if Z 41 occurs twice, also these independently of one another, denote -CH 2 CH 2 -, -COO-, trans -CH=CH-, trans -CF=CF-, -CH 2 O-, -CF 2 O-, -C=C- or a single bond, and p denotes 0, 1 or 2. R 41 and R 42, independently of one another, have the meanings indicated above for R 2 under formula II, and independently of one another and, if occurs twice, also these independently of one another, denote or Z 41 and Z 42, independently of one another and, if Z 41 occurs twice, also these independently of one another, denote -CH 2 CH 2 -, -COO-, trans -CH=CH-, trans -CF=CF-, -CH 2 O-, -CF 2 O-, -C=C- or a single bond, and p denotes 0, 1 or 2.