Headlamp for vehicles with several groups (4, 5, 6) of LED light sources, where the LED light sources in each case are formed into light patches (L1, L2, L3) and where the groups (4, 5, 6) of the LED light sources extend in each case in the form of rows in a horizontal direction and with several optical units (1, 2, 3) with different imaging characteristics, to which optical units a row of light sources is allocated in each case in such a way that the first light patches formed by a first optical unit are of a different size to light patches formed by a second optical unit, where a first partial light distribution (FL 1) is formed by the first light patches and a second partial light distribution (FL 2) is formed by the second light patch and such that the groups (4, 5, 6) of LED light sources can be actuated in such a way that a specified overall light distribution is formed by overlapping of the partial light distributions (FL1, FL2, FL3), so that the optical units (1, 2, 3) are formed in such a way that all light patches (L1, L2, L3) are of the same width (b) and that the light patches (L1, L2, L3) formed by the various optical units (1, 2, 3) are of different heights (h1, h2, h3), characterized in that - the first optical unit features such imaging characteristics that the first light patches formed feature the same height for the creation of a basic high-beam distribution - the second optical unit features such imaging characteristics that the second light patches formed feature a height for the creation of an upper light-dark cut-off line of a high-beam distribution, where the height of the second light patches is smaller than the height of the first light patch, and where the upper light-dark cut-off line is formed by an upper edge of the second light patch, - the third optical unit features such imaging characteristics that the third light patches formed feature a height for the creation of a lower light-dark cut-off line of a high-beam distribution, that is arranged below the upper light-dark cut-off line, where the height of the third light patches is smaller than the height (h1, h2) of the other light patches (L1, L2), where the lower light-dark cut-off line is formed by the upper edge of the third light patch, - the high-beam distributions (FL1, FL2, FL3) to the overall light distribution can be overlapped, where the upper light-dark cut-off line is above the lower light-dark cut-off line in a vertical direction. - the first optical unit features such imaging characteristics that the first light patches formed feature the same height for the creation of a basic high-beam distribution - the second optical unit features such imaging characteristics that the second light patches formed feature a height for the creation of an upper light-dark cut-off line of a high-beam distribution, where the height of the second light patches is smaller than the height of the first light patch, and where the upper light-dark cut-off line is formed by an upper edge of the second light patch, - the third optical unit features such imaging characteristics that the third light patches formed feature a height for the creation of a lower light-dark cut-off line of a high-beam distribution, that is arranged below the upper light-dark cut-off line, where the height of the third light patches is smaller than the height (h1, h2) of the other light patches (L1, L2), where the lower light-dark cut-off line is formed by the upper edge of the third light patch, - the high-beam distributions (FL1, FL2, FL3) to the overall light distribution can be overlapped, where the upper light-dark cut-off line is above the lower light-dark cut-off line in a vertical direction.