Ceiling formwork , comprising: - a support device for formwork girders, comprising: - two formwork supports , each for supporting a formwork girder , wherein the formwork supports each have a lower support part , an upper support part which is telescopically connected to the lower support part , and a holding head at the upper end of the upper support part , wherein the holding head has at least one holding element for holding a longitudinal region of the relevant formwork girder , wherein a surrounding element is provided as the holding element and the holding head has a first attachment element for detachable connection to a transverse beam substantially perpendicular to the relevant formwork girder ; and - a transverse beam having a second attachment element at each opposite end of the transverse beam , wherein the second attachment elements of the transverse beam are detachably connected to the first attachment elements of the retaining heads of the formwork supports ; - two formwork girders which are held on the holding heads of the formwork supports , wherein the surrounding elements each surround, i.e. retain laterally and at the top, one of the lateral longitudinal regions of a lower chord of the relevant formwork girder . - a support device for formwork girders, comprising: - two formwork supports , each for supporting a formwork girder , wherein the formwork supports each have a lower support part , an upper support part which is telescopically connected to the lower support part , and a holding head at the upper end of the upper support part , wherein the holding head has at least one holding element for holding a longitudinal region of the relevant formwork girder , wherein a surrounding element is provided as the holding element and the holding head has a first attachment element for detachable connection to a transverse beam substantially perpendicular to the relevant formwork girder ; and - a transverse beam having a second attachment element at each opposite end of the transverse beam , wherein the second attachment elements of the transverse beam are detachably connected to the first attachment elements of the retaining heads of the formwork supports ; - two formwork girders which are held on the holding heads of the formwork supports , wherein the surrounding elements each surround, i.e. retain laterally and at the top, one of the lateral longitudinal regions of a lower chord of the relevant formwork girder . - two formwork supports , each for supporting a formwork girder , wherein the formwork supports each have a lower support part , an upper support part which is telescopically connected to the lower support part , and a holding head at the upper end of the upper support part , wherein the holding head has at least one holding element for holding a longitudinal region of the relevant formwork girder , wherein a surrounding element is provided as the holding element and the holding head has a first attachment element for detachable connection to a transverse beam substantially perpendicular to the relevant formwork girder ; and - a transverse beam having a second attachment element at each opposite end of the transverse beam , wherein the second attachment elements of the transverse beam are detachably connected to the first attachment elements of the retaining heads of the formwork supports ; - two formwork girders which are held on the holding heads of the formwork supports , wherein the surrounding elements each surround, i.e. retain laterally and at the top, one of the lateral longitudinal regions of a lower chord of the relevant formwork girder . <EOS>