Towel dispenser comprising: a support frame with a rear side, which can be fastened to a building wall; a receiving device with a tray for inserting a fresh towel roll, wherein the receiving device is attached to the support frame so as to be movable in the vertical direction, and wherein fresh towel can be unwound from the fresh towel roll when the towel dispenser is in use; a dirty cloth roller, which is arranged rotatably in the vertical direction below the receiving device for the fresh cloth roll on the support frame and to which one end of the fresh cloth can be fastened, so that used fresh cloth can be wound up on the dirty cloth roller to form a dirty cloth roll when it is drawn in; a drive roller, wherein the drive roller is rotatably mounted in the vertical direction below the tray for the fresh cloth roll on the receiving device for the fresh cloth roll and can be pressed against the dirty cloth roll, so that the dirty cloth roll can be driven in rotation for winding up and drawing in the used fresh cloth; and a drive device for rotatively driving the drive roller, wherein when used fresh cloth is drawn in by the dirty cloth roll, which increases in diameter, the receiving device can be lifted in the vertical direction via the drive roller which can be pressed onto the dirty cloth roll, characterized in that the towel dispenser comprises means arranged on the support frame for lifting the dirty cloth roller when used fresh cloth is drawn in, so that the dirty cloth roller, the drive roller and the receiving device for the fresh cloth roll are lifted simultaneously in the vertical direction when used fresh cloth is drawn in. a support frame with a rear side, which can be fastened to a building wall; a receiving device with a tray for inserting a fresh towel roll, wherein the receiving device is attached to the support frame so as to be movable in the vertical direction, and wherein fresh towel can be unwound from the fresh towel roll when the towel dispenser is in use; a dirty cloth roller, which is arranged rotatably in the vertical direction below the receiving device for the fresh cloth roll on the support frame and to which one end of the fresh cloth can be fastened, so that used fresh cloth can be wound up on the dirty cloth roller to form a dirty cloth roll when it is drawn in; a drive roller, wherein the drive roller is rotatably mounted in the vertical direction below the tray for the fresh cloth roll on the receiving device for the fresh cloth roll and can be pressed against the dirty cloth roll, so that the dirty cloth roll can be driven in rotation for winding up and drawing in the used fresh cloth; and a drive device for rotatively driving the drive roller, wherein when used fresh cloth is drawn in by the dirty cloth roll, which increases in diameter, the receiving device can be lifted in the vertical direction via the drive roller which can be pressed onto the dirty cloth roll, characterized in that the towel dispenser comprises means arranged on the support frame for lifting the dirty cloth roller when used fresh cloth is drawn in, so that the dirty cloth roller, the drive roller and the receiving device for the fresh cloth roll are lifted simultaneously in the vertical direction when used fresh cloth is drawn in.