Battery having • a prismatic metal housing having a housing inner side and a housing outer side, • at least one individual cell having at least one positive and at least one negative electrode, which is arranged inside the metal housing, and • a pole stud, which is electrically connected to the at least one positive or the at least one negative electrode and is electrically insulated from the metal housing and to which an electrical load arranged outside the housing can be connected, wherein • the metal housing comprises a rectangular base having a base inner side and a base outer side, a rectangular cover having a cover inner side and a cover outer side, the size and shape of which substantially correspond to that of the base, and four rectangular side elements which connect the base and the cover and each have an inner side and an outer side, • the cover has a through-hole through which the pole stud which is electrically insulated from the metal housing is guided outward from the inside of the metal housing, • the at least one individual cell is in the form of a winding having a first and a second end face and the first end face faces in the direction of the base and the second end face faces in the direction of the cover, • conductor vanes which are electrically connected to the base of the metal housing exit from the first end face, • conductor vanes which are electrically connected to the pole stud, which is electrically insulated from the metal housing, exit from the second end face, • the conductor vanes exiting from the first end face are fixed to an electrically conductive collecting and positioning means, and • the base has a receiving means for the collecting and positioning means, in which the latter is inserted and fixed, characterized in that • the base has a through-hole as a receiving means for the collecting and positioning means, so that the collecting and positioning means is accessible from outside the metal housing. • a prismatic metal housing having a housing inner side and a housing outer side, • at least one individual cell having at least one positive and at least one negative electrode, which is arranged inside the metal housing, and • a pole stud, which is electrically connected to the at least one positive or the at least one negative electrode and is electrically insulated from the metal housing and to which an electrical load arranged outside the housing can be connected, wherein • the metal housing comprises a rectangular base having a base inner side and a base outer side, a rectangular cover having a cover inner side and a cover outer side, the size and shape of which substantially correspond to that of the base, and four rectangular side elements which connect the base and the cover and each have an inner side and an outer side, • the cover has a through-hole through which the pole stud which is electrically insulated from the metal housing is guided outward from the inside of the metal housing, • the at least one individual cell is in the form of a winding having a first and a second end face and the first end face faces in the direction of the base and the second end face faces in the direction of the cover, • conductor vanes which are electrically connected to the base of the metal housing exit from the first end face, • conductor vanes which are electrically connected to the pole stud, which is electrically insulated from the metal housing, exit from the second end face, • the conductor vanes exiting from the first end face are fixed to an electrically conductive collecting and positioning means, and • the base has a receiving means for the collecting and positioning means, in which the latter is inserted and fixed, characterized in that • the base has a through-hole as a receiving means for the collecting and positioning means, so that the collecting and positioning means is accessible from outside the metal housing.