Driven four-link rear axle for a motor vehicle, comprising: a stub axle on which a vehicle wheel is rotatably mounted, a longitudinal link, an upper transverse link and two lower transverse links (5, 6) for supporting the stub axle on the vehicle body side, a cardan shaft for transmitting a drive torque to the vehicle wheel rotatably mounted on the stub axle, and a vibration damper which engages the stub axle with a wheel-side connection point below the wheel center and extends in front of the cardan shaft and between a front link of the lower transverse links and the upper transverse link in the direction of travel at an inclination to a body-side engagement point, wherein, in the installed rest position, the corresponding angle of inclination to the vertical in the direction of travel is in the range of 20° to 60° and the body-side connection point of the vibration damper is within the height of the vehicle wheel, characterized in that the vibration damper engages the stub axle in front of the wheel center in the direction of travel; the vibration damper is inclined inwards in the vehicle transverse direction, wherein, in the installed rest position, the angle of inclination to the vertical in the vehicle transverse direction is in a range of 20 to 30°, the wheel-side connection point of the vibration damper is arranged within a rim of the vehicle wheel and the wheel-side connection point of the front lower transverse link is located outside the rim of the vehicle wheel, and an impact point of the axis of the vibration damper, which runs through the body-side and wheel-side connection points (DO, DU) of the vibration damper, is offset in the vehicle transverse direction by a positive distance from the wheel contact point towards the outside of the vehicle and in the vehicle longitudinal direction by a positive distance from the wheel contact point against the direction of travel, these distances (AX, AY) always having and retaining the same sign in all compression and rebound states of the rear axle. a stub axle on which a vehicle wheel is rotatably mounted, a longitudinal link, an upper transverse link and two lower transverse links (5, 6) for supporting the stub axle on the vehicle body side, a cardan shaft for transmitting a drive torque to the vehicle wheel rotatably mounted on the stub axle, and a vibration damper which engages the stub axle with a wheel-side connection point below the wheel center and extends in front of the cardan shaft and between a front link of the lower transverse links and the upper transverse link in the direction of travel at an inclination to a body-side engagement point, wherein, in the installed rest position, the corresponding angle of inclination to the vertical in the direction of travel is in the range of 20° to 60° and the body-side connection point of the vibration damper is within the height of the vehicle wheel, characterized in that the vibration damper engages the stub axle in front of the wheel center in the direction of travel; the vibration damper is inclined inwards in the vehicle transverse direction, wherein, in the installed rest position, the angle of inclination to the vertical in the vehicle transverse direction is in a range of 20 to 30°, the wheel-side connection point of the vibration damper is arranged within a rim of the vehicle wheel and the wheel-side connection point of the front lower transverse link is located outside the rim of the vehicle wheel, and an impact point of the axis of the vibration damper, which runs through the body-side and wheel-side connection points (DO, DU) of the vibration damper, is offset in the vehicle transverse direction by a positive distance from the wheel contact point towards the outside of the vehicle and in the vehicle longitudinal direction by a positive distance from the wheel contact point against the direction of travel, these distances (AX, AY) always having and retaining the same sign in all compression and rebound states of the rear axle.