Resistor, in particular low-resistance current measuring resistor, with a) a first connecting part made of a conductor material, in particular for introducing an electric current into the resistor, b) a second connecting part made of the conductor material, in particular for conducting the electric current out of the resistor, c) a resistor element made of a resistance material, where c1) the resistor element is arranged in the current direction between the first connecting part and the second connecting part and through which the electric current flows, and c2) the resistance material has a specific thermal force which generates a specific thermoelectric voltage at a temperature difference between the resistor element on the one hand and the connecting parts (2, 3) on the other hand, d) a compensating element which in operation generates a thermoelectric voltage which at least partially compensates the thermoelectric voltage generated by the resistor element, e) a first voltage tap which is electrically conductively connected to the first connecting part, f) a second voltage tap which is electrically conductively connected to the second connecting part, g) wherein a voltage measuring circuit (9, 10, 11) can be connected to the first voltage tap and to the second voltage tap in order to measure the voltage across the resistor element, characterized in h) that the second voltage tap is arranged on the first connecting part, i) that the second voltage tap is electrically insulated from the first connecting part, j) that the compensating element is thermally conductively connected to the first connecting part at the second voltage tap, k) that the second voltage tap is electrically conductively connected via the compensating element to a contact point on the second connecting part, and 1) that the compensating element is electrically and thermally conductively connected to the second connecting part at the contact point on the second connecting part. a) a first connecting part made of a conductor material, in particular for introducing an electric current into the resistor, b) a second connecting part made of the conductor material, in particular for conducting the electric current out of the resistor, c) a resistor element made of a resistance material, where c1) the resistor element is arranged in the current direction between the first connecting part and the second connecting part and through which the electric current flows, and c2) the resistance material has a specific thermal force which generates a specific thermoelectric voltage at a temperature difference between the resistor element on the one hand and the connecting parts (2, 3) on the other hand, c1) the resistor element is arranged in the current direction between the first connecting part and the second connecting part and through which the electric current flows, and c2) the resistance material has a specific thermal force which generates a specific thermoelectric voltage at a temperature difference between the resistor element on the one hand and the connecting parts (2, 3) on the other hand, d) a compensating element which in operation generates a thermoelectric voltage which at least partially compensates the thermoelectric voltage generated by the resistor element, e) a first voltage tap which is electrically conductively connected to the first connecting part, f) a second voltage tap which is electrically conductively connected to the second connecting part, g) wherein a voltage measuring circuit (9, 10, 11) can be connected to the first voltage tap and to the second voltage tap in order to measure the voltage across the resistor element, h) that the second voltage tap is arranged on the first connecting part, i) that the second voltage tap is electrically insulated from the first connecting part, j) that the compensating element is thermally conductively connected to the first connecting part at the second voltage tap, k) that the second voltage tap is electrically conductively connected via the compensating element to a contact point on the second connecting part, and 1) that the compensating element is electrically and thermally conductively connected to the second connecting part at the contact point on the second connecting part.