A permanent magnet brake comprising: - at least one stator; - at least one rotor rotatable relative to the stator about an axis of rotation and arranged axially offset from the stator; and - at least one magnetic braking unit comprising at least one permanent magnet and at least one coil, the permanent magnet generating a corresponding magnetic flux in the magnetic circuit of the magnetic braking unit; wherein the magnetic braking unit is provided to generate a braking and/or holding torque for the rotor in a braking case while the coil is in a de-energised state, and wherein the magnetic braking unit is further provided to at least reduce the braking and/or holding torque in a release case while the coil is in an energised state, wherein the rotor and the stator are free of contact with each other both in the braking case and in the release case, wherein the stator and the rotor have corresponding reluctance teeth (24, 26, 28, 30) which are part of the magnetic brake unit, are arranged around the axis of rotation and extend in a radial direction with respect to the axis of rotation, wherein facing end faces of the reluctance teeth (24, 26) of the stator and the reluctance teeth (28, 30) of the rotor extend parallel to a plane perpendicular to the axis of rotation and are separated from each other in the axial direction by an air gap, characterised in that the magnetic brake unit comprises at least one soft magnetic core and at least one soft magnetic cap element between which the coil is arranged, wherein the soft magnetic bonnet element and the soft magnetic core together form an annular receiving area for the coil, wherein the soft magnetic cap element and the soft magnetic core surround the coil from at least three sides and the receiving area is bounded on one side by the rotor. - at least one stator; - at least one rotor rotatable relative to the stator about an axis of rotation and arranged axially offset from the stator; and - at least one magnetic braking unit comprising at least one permanent magnet and at least one coil, the permanent magnet generating a corresponding magnetic flux in the magnetic circuit of the magnetic braking unit; wherein the magnetic braking unit is provided to generate a braking and/or holding torque for the rotor in a braking case while the coil is in a de-energised state, and wherein the magnetic braking unit is further provided to at least reduce the braking and/or holding torque in a release case while the coil is in an energised state, wherein the rotor and the stator are free of contact with each other both in the braking case and in the release case, wherein the stator and the rotor have corresponding reluctance teeth (24, 26, 28, 30) which are part of the magnetic brake unit, are arranged around the axis of rotation and extend in a radial direction with respect to the axis of rotation, wherein facing end faces of the reluctance teeth (24, 26) of the stator and the reluctance teeth (28, 30) of the rotor extend parallel to a plane perpendicular to the axis of rotation and are separated from each other in the axial direction by an air gap, characterised in that the magnetic brake unit comprises at least one soft magnetic core and at least one soft magnetic cap element between which the coil is arranged, wherein the soft magnetic bonnet element and the soft magnetic core together form an annular receiving area for the coil, wherein the soft magnetic cap element and the soft magnetic core surround the coil from at least three sides and the receiving area is bounded on one side by the rotor. wherein the magnetic braking unit is provided to generate a braking and/or holding torque for the rotor in a braking case while the coil is in a de-energised state, and wherein the magnetic braking unit is further provided to at least reduce the braking and/or holding torque in a release case while the coil is in an energised state, wherein the rotor and the stator are free of contact with each other both in the braking case and in the release case, wherein the stator and the rotor have corresponding reluctance teeth (24, 26, 28, 30) which are part of the magnetic brake unit, are arranged around the axis of rotation and extend in a radial direction with respect to the axis of rotation, wherein facing end faces of the reluctance teeth (24, 26) of the stator and the reluctance teeth (28, 30) of the rotor extend parallel to a plane perpendicular to the axis of rotation and are separated from each other in the axial direction by an air gap, characterised in that the magnetic brake unit comprises at least one soft magnetic core and at least one soft magnetic cap element between which the coil is arranged, wherein the soft magnetic bonnet element and the soft magnetic core together form an annular receiving area for the coil, wherein the soft magnetic cap element and the soft magnetic core surround the coil from at least three sides and the receiving area is bounded on one side by the rotor.