Heating device , in particular for an electric cooking appliance , which heating device has: - at least one long heating conductor , - a carrying body on the top side of which the heating conductor is arranged and fixed, - a supporting apparatus for the carrying body , wherein: - the heating conductor is designed as a corrugated flat strip which has, at least on its bottom side , holding members which are arranged at a distance from one another and project or protrude downward, - the holding members are pushed into the carrying body , - the supporting apparatus supports the carrying body , at least in its outer region and/or along an outer edge, at the bottom, - the carrying body consists of compressed and/or adhesively bonded mica material, - the holding members are of tapered design in their longitudinal profile away from the heating conductor and have a tapered free tip , characterized in that - a base region of a holding member , which base region adjoins a bottom edge of the heating conductor , is provided with a length of between 0.1 mm and 2 mm in a direction transversely away from the heating conductor , - the tapered free tip adjoins the base region , - the tapered tip is narrower in the upper wider region than a minimum width of the base region . - at least one long heating conductor , - a carrying body on the top side of which the heating conductor is arranged and fixed, - a supporting apparatus for the carrying body , wherein: - the heating conductor is designed as a corrugated flat strip which has, at least on its bottom side , holding members which are arranged at a distance from one another and project or protrude downward, - the holding members are pushed into the carrying body , - the supporting apparatus supports the carrying body , at least in its outer region and/or along an outer edge, at the bottom, - the carrying body consists of compressed and/or adhesively bonded mica material, - the holding members are of tapered design in their longitudinal profile away from the heating conductor and have a tapered free tip , characterized in that - a base region of a holding member , which base region adjoins a bottom edge of the heating conductor , is provided with a length of between 0.1 mm and 2 mm in a direction transversely away from the heating conductor , - the tapered free tip adjoins the base region , - the tapered tip is narrower in the upper wider region than a minimum width of the base region . - the heating conductor is designed as a corrugated flat strip which has, at least on its bottom side , holding members which are arranged at a distance from one another and project or protrude downward, - the holding members are pushed into the carrying body , - the supporting apparatus supports the carrying body , at least in its outer region and/or along an outer edge, at the bottom, - the carrying body consists of compressed and/or adhesively bonded mica material, - the holding members are of tapered design in their longitudinal profile away from the heating conductor and have a tapered free tip , characterized in that - a base region of a holding member , which base region adjoins a bottom edge of the heating conductor , is provided with a length of between 0.1 mm and 2 mm in a direction transversely away from the heating conductor , - the tapered free tip adjoins the base region , - the tapered tip is narrower in the upper wider region than a minimum width of the base region . <EOS>