A double-acting hydraulic cylinder, with a first cylinder housing and a piston guided in the first cylinder housing, wherein a first pressure chamber and a second pressure chamber are provided in the first cylinder housing, which are separated from each other by the piston, with a first connection at least for delivering a hydraulic fluid to the first pressure chamber and a second connection at least for delivering the hydraulic fluid to the second pressure chamber, and with a second cylinder housing which surrounds the first cylinder housing at least in one section, wherein the first connection and the second connection are arranged at an end of the double-acting hydraulic cylinder facing away from the second pressure chamber, wherein the second pressure chamber is able to be supplied with the hydraulic fluid via the section in which the second cylinder housing surrounds the first cylinder housing, wherein the end of the double-acting hydraulic cylinder facing away from the second pressure chamber comprises a cylinder base, wherein the first connection and the second connection are arranged on the cylinder base, wherein the first connection comprises a first through opening and the first through opening extends from a lateral surface of the cylinder base to the first pressure chamber, characterized in that the cylinder base encloses an end of the first cylinder housing facing away from the second pressure chamber and an end of the second cylinder housing facing away from the second pressure chamber, and the first through opening extends from and essentially perpendicular to the lateral surface of the cylinder base to the first pressure chamber. with a first cylinder housing and a piston guided in the first cylinder housing, wherein a first pressure chamber and a second pressure chamber are provided in the first cylinder housing, which are separated from each other by the piston, with a first connection at least for delivering a hydraulic fluid to the first pressure chamber and a second connection at least for delivering the hydraulic fluid to the second pressure chamber, and with a second cylinder housing which surrounds the first cylinder housing at least in one section, wherein the first connection and the second connection are arranged at an end of the double-acting hydraulic cylinder facing away from the second pressure chamber, wherein the second pressure chamber is able to be supplied with the hydraulic fluid via the section in which the second cylinder housing surrounds the first cylinder housing, wherein the end of the double-acting hydraulic cylinder facing away from the second pressure chamber comprises a cylinder base, wherein the first connection and the second connection are arranged on the cylinder base, wherein the first connection comprises a first through opening and the first through opening extends from a lateral surface of the cylinder base to the first pressure chamber, characterized in that the cylinder base encloses an end of the first cylinder housing facing away from the second pressure chamber and an end of the second cylinder housing facing away from the second pressure chamber, and the first through opening extends from and essentially perpendicular to the lateral surface of the cylinder base to the first pressure chamber.