A micro-optical electromechanical scanning device that includes a body , a mirror element , and a spring structure adapted to flexibly support the mirror element to the body , wherein the mirror element includes a mirror formed of a planar reflecting surface on a mirror base part , the direction of the plane of the mirror at rest being the first direction; the body at least partly circumscribes the mirror element, a surface of the body is aligned with the plane of the mirror , and the mirror is separated from the surface of the body by a gap , the mirror element includes two or more pedestals , the spring structure includes bending springs , wherein each bending spring connects to the body through a first connection point and to one pedestal through a second connection point ; each pedestal extends between the second connection point and a third connection point opposite the mirror in the mirror base part ; each pedestal is adapted to rigidly maintain a non-zero distance between the second connection point and the third connection point in the direction perpendicular to the first direction; the spring structure includes piezoelectric transducers , each including at least one thin-film layer of piezoelectric material on one side of a bending spring , and being adapted to induce in the bending spring a displacement that moves the second connection point of the bending spring at least in a direction perpendicular to the first direction; each of the bending springs is located within and below a surface area of the mirror at rest such that the piezoelectric thin-film layer has a non-zero projection on the plane of the mirror ; and the mirror base part (23; 43; 53) includes further cut-outs (41; 51) each encompassing at least part of a projection of a bending spring in the mirror base part to enable tilting of the mirror base part beyond the level of the bending springs in the direction perpendicular to the first direction. the mirror element includes a mirror formed of a planar reflecting surface on a mirror base part , the direction of the plane of the mirror at rest being the first direction; the body at least partly circumscribes the mirror element, a surface of the body is aligned with the plane of the mirror , and the mirror is separated from the surface of the body by a gap , the mirror element includes two or more pedestals , the spring structure includes bending springs , wherein each bending spring connects to the body through a first connection point and to one pedestal through a second connection point ; each pedestal extends between the second connection point and a third connection point opposite the mirror in the mirror base part ; each pedestal is adapted to rigidly maintain a non-zero distance between the second connection point and the third connection point in the direction perpendicular to the first direction; the spring structure includes piezoelectric transducers , each including at least one thin-film layer of piezoelectric material on one side of a bending spring , and being adapted to induce in the bending spring a displacement that moves the second connection point of the bending spring at least in a direction perpendicular to the first direction; each of the bending springs is located within and below a surface area of the mirror at rest such that the piezoelectric thin-film layer has a non-zero projection on the plane of the mirror ; and the mirror base part (23; 43; 53) includes further cut-outs (41; 51) each encompassing at least part of a projection of a bending spring in the mirror base part to enable tilting of the mirror base part beyond the level of the bending springs in the direction perpendicular to the first direction. <EOS>