Battery having the following features: - it comprises a metal housing, which has a housing outer wall having a through-hole defined by a peripheral opening edge, - it comprises at least one individual cell having at least one positive electrode and at least one negative electrode, arranged in an interior of the housing, - it comprises an electrically conductive terminal stud (101; 201), which is connected to the at least one positive electrode or to the at least one negative electrode, comprising a shaft (103; 203) which is fed through the through-hole, and at least one clamping element (104, 105; 204, 205) which sits on the shaft and covers the through-hole, and forms an annular gap (111, 112; 211, 212) together with the housing outer wall, - it comprises an electrically insulating and annular support element (106; 206), which surrounds the shaft of the terminal stud in a sleeve-like manner, and having an outward-facing peripheral contact surface, against which the opening edge 108a of the through-hole lies, - it comprises a sealing element (209; 210), which is arranged concentrically around the support element (106; 206) in the gap (111, 112; 211, 212) between the clamping element (104, 105; 204, 205) and the housing outer wall, - wherein the sealing element (209; 210) is comprised of a plastic and the support element is comprised of a glass or a ceramic, or of a glass- or ceramic-based composite material and - the outward-facing peripheral contact surface lies directly on the opening edge and delimits the annular gap formed by the clamping element and the housing outer wall to the interior such that direct contact of the sealing element with the terminal stud is excluded. - it comprises a metal housing, which has a housing outer wall having a through-hole defined by a peripheral opening edge, - it comprises at least one individual cell having at least one positive electrode and at least one negative electrode, arranged in an interior of the housing, - it comprises an electrically conductive terminal stud (101; 201), which is connected to the at least one positive electrode or to the at least one negative electrode, comprising a shaft (103; 203) which is fed through the through-hole, and at least one clamping element (104, 105; 204, 205) which sits on the shaft and covers the through-hole, and forms an annular gap (111, 112; 211, 212) together with the housing outer wall, - it comprises an electrically insulating and annular support element (106; 206), which surrounds the shaft of the terminal stud in a sleeve-like manner, and having an outward-facing peripheral contact surface, against which the opening edge 108a of the through-hole lies, - it comprises a sealing element (209; 210), which is arranged concentrically around the support element (106; 206) in the gap (111, 112; 211, 212) between the clamping element (104, 105; 204, 205) and the housing outer wall, - wherein the sealing element (209; 210) is comprised of a plastic and the support element is comprised of a glass or a ceramic, or of a glass- or ceramic-based composite material and - the outward-facing peripheral contact surface lies directly on the opening edge and delimits the annular gap formed by the clamping element and the housing outer wall to the interior such that direct contact of the sealing element with the terminal stud is excluded.