Micromechanical structure, in particular a rate of rotation sensor, comprising a substrate which has a main plane of extent, comprising a first Coriolis element, comprising a second Coriolis element, comprising at least one drive device for deflecting the first Coriolis element and the second Coriolis element out of a rest position, and comprising at least one detection device, wherein the first Coriolis element is designed to be symmetrical in terms of mass in relation to the second Coriolis element with respect to a first axis which runs parallel to the main plane of extent, wherein the first Coriolis element and the second Coriolis element have a common main plane of extent, wherein, in the rest position, the common main plane of extent runs parallel to the main plane of extent of the substrate, wherein the first Coriolis element and the second Coriolis element are each designed so as to be symmetrical in terms of mass with respect to a second axis which runs perpendicular to the first axis, wherein the first Coriolis element and the second Coriolis element can be driven by the drive device so as to perform a rotational oscillation about the first axis, wherein, in the case of a rate of rotation which acts parallel to the projection of the second axis onto the main plane of extent, the first Coriolis element and the second Coriolis element can be deflected to realize a force action of the Coriolis force for a rotational oscillation about a third axis which extends perpendicular to the main plane of extent and runs through the point of intersection of the first axis and the second axis, wherein the micromechanical structure has at least one first deflection element and at least one second deflection element, wherein the first deflection element is designed to be symmetrical in terms of mass to the second deflection element with respect to the first axis and symmetrical in terms of mass to itself with respect to the second axis, and the second deflection element is designed to be symmetrical in terms of mass to the first deflection element with respect to the first axis and symmetrical in terms of mass to itself with respect to the second axis, wherein the first deflection element is coupled at least to the first Coriolis element and the second deflection element is coupled at least to the second Coriolis element in such a way that the force action of the Coriolis force on the first Coriolis element and the second Coriolis element for a rotational oscillation of the first deflection element and of the second deflection element about the third axis can be detected by the detection device, characterized in that the drive device has flat electrodes which are located in the vicinity of the first axis and have a main plane of extent parallel to the main plane of extent of the substrate, and the distance of the drive device from the first axis is less than 40% of the extent of the first and/or second Coriolis element (3a, 3b) along the second axis, wherein the substrate has recesses of the kind such that the first Coriolis element and the second Coriolis element can have a larger maximum deflection angle for the rotational oscillation than is the case without recesses.