A shock absorber for a wheel suspension of a motor vehicle, comprising: a) a damper tube at least partially filled with a damping fluid, b) a piston rod arranged so as to be movable back and forth in the damper tube, c) an element guided in the damper tube, by which the interior of the damper tube is divided into a working chamber on the piston rod side and a working chamber remote from the piston rod, d) a housing connected with the piston rod, e) a control valve arranged in the housing, which can be switched back and forth between a closed and an open position, wherein the working chamber on the piston rod side and the working chamber remote from the piston rod are connected with one another hydraulically via the housing, and in the housing a first damping valve is provided, able to be flowed through by the damping fluid in both through-flow directions, which damping valve is able to be engaged into the flow path of the damping fluid from one into the other working chamber by means of the control valve, f) a second damping valve, which is able to be flowed through by the damping fluid in both through-flow directions, wherein the first damping valve and the second damping valve are constructed as spring disc valves and are connected hydraulically in parallel with respect to one another, wherein the first damping valve has a soft damping characteristic and wherein the second damping element has a hard damping characteristic, characterized in that the second damping valve is arranged in the interior of the housing and that the housing forms the element by which the interior of the damper chamber is divided into a working chamber on the piston rod side and a working chamber remote from the piston rod. a) a damper tube at least partially filled with a damping fluid, b) a piston rod arranged so as to be movable back and forth in the damper tube, c) an element guided in the damper tube, by which the interior of the damper tube is divided into a working chamber on the piston rod side and a working chamber remote from the piston rod, d) a housing connected with the piston rod, e) a control valve arranged in the housing, which can be switched back and forth between a closed and an open position, wherein the working chamber on the piston rod side and the working chamber remote from the piston rod are connected with one another hydraulically via the housing, and in the housing a first damping valve is provided, able to be flowed through by the damping fluid in both through-flow directions, which damping valve is able to be engaged into the flow path of the damping fluid from one into the other working chamber by means of the control valve, f) a second damping valve, which is able to be flowed through by the damping fluid in both through-flow directions, wherein the first damping valve and the second damping valve are constructed as spring disc valves and are connected hydraulically in parallel with respect to one another, wherein the first damping valve has a soft damping characteristic and wherein the second damping element has a hard damping characteristic, characterized in that the second damping valve is arranged in the interior of the housing and that the housing forms the element by which the interior of the damper chamber is divided into a working chamber on the piston rod side and a working chamber remote from the piston rod.