Vacuum insulation element comprising a core and a flexible vacuum-tight film wrapping, wherein the core is enclosed in the film wrapping in a vacuum-tight manner and the film wrapping with the core is evacuated, and the core is dimensionally stable at least to the extent that, in the evacuated state, it maintains an evacuated insulation volume (54, 60, 62, 174, 184) inside the film wrapping in opposition to the atmospheric pressure that presses on the film wrapping, wherein the core is formed by a shaped body composed of one or more panel elements (16, 18) composed of structured cardboard, and the shaped body comprises a plurality of cavities (53, 59, 61, 173, 183, 206), wherein i) in the case of one panel element (16, 18) the cavities (61, 183) are formed by a shape-giving structure inside the panel element (16, 18), and/or between depressions in the shape-giving structure of the panel element (16, 18) and the film wrapping, or ii) in the case of a plurality of panel elements (16, 18) the cavities (53, 59, 61, 173, 183, 206) are formed by a shape-giving structure inside the panel elements (16, 18), between the panel elements (16, 18), and/or between depressions in the shape-giving structure of the panel elements (16, 18) and the wrapping, wherein the cavities (53, 59, 61, 173, 183, 206) in the shaped body composed of structured cardboard are unfilled and the evacuated insulation volume (54, 60, 62, 174, 184) maintained by the core is formed by the unfilled cavities (53, 59, 61, 173, 183, 206), and wherein the shaped body composed of structured cardboard provides the core with adequate dimensional stability to withstand atmospheric pressure without the cavities (53, 59, 61, 173, 183, 206) being filled with a material that can be evacuated or is porous, wherein the arrangement composed of the panel element or elements is not itself vacuum-tight and the cavities (53, 59, 61, 173, 183, 206) communicate with one another at least during evacuation in order to be evacuated together inside the film wrapping, and characterised in that an air-permeable nonwoven material is comprised between the panel elements (16, 18) and the film wrapping. wherein the core is enclosed in the film wrapping in a vacuum-tight manner and the film wrapping with the core is evacuated, and the core is dimensionally stable at least to the extent that, in the evacuated state, it maintains an evacuated insulation volume (54, 60, 62, 174, 184) inside the film wrapping in opposition to the atmospheric pressure that presses on the film wrapping, wherein the core is formed by a shaped body composed of one or more panel elements (16, 18) composed of structured cardboard, and the shaped body comprises a plurality of cavities (53, 59, 61, 173, 183, 206), wherein i) in the case of one panel element (16, 18) the cavities (61, 183) are formed by a shape-giving structure inside the panel element (16, 18), and/or between depressions in the shape-giving structure of the panel element (16, 18) and the film wrapping, or ii) in the case of a plurality of panel elements (16, 18) the cavities (53, 59, 61, 173, 183, 206) are formed by a shape-giving structure inside the panel elements (16, 18), between the panel elements (16, 18), and/or between depressions in the shape-giving structure of the panel elements (16, 18) and the wrapping, i) in the case of one panel element (16, 18) the cavities (61, 183) are formed by a shape-giving structure inside the panel element (16, 18), and/or between depressions in the shape-giving structure of the panel element (16, 18) and the film wrapping, or ii) in the case of a plurality of panel elements (16, 18) the cavities (53, 59, 61, 173, 183, 206) are formed by a shape-giving structure inside the panel elements (16, 18), between the panel elements (16, 18), and/or between depressions in the shape-giving structure of the panel elements (16, 18) and the wrapping, wherein the cavities (53, 59, 61, 173, 183, 206) in the shaped body composed of structured cardboard are unfilled and the evacuated insulation volume (54, 60, 62, 174, 184) maintained by the core is formed by the unfilled cavities (53, 59, 61, 173, 183, 206), and wherein the shaped body composed of structured cardboard provides the core with adequate dimensional stability to withstand atmospheric pressure without the cavities (53, 59, 61, 173, 183, 206) being filled with a material that can be evacuated or is porous, wherein the arrangement composed of the panel element or elements is not itself vacuum-tight and the cavities (53, 59, 61, 173, 183, 206) communicate with one another at least during evacuation in order to be evacuated together inside the film wrapping, and characterised in that an air-permeable nonwoven material is comprised between the panel elements (16, 18) and the film wrapping.