In a high pressure discharge lamp, the discharge vessel (8), which is pinched on two sides, is fixed in the outer bulb (2) by means of a retaining framework (7) which has a rectangular stamped sheet-metal part (17) as a guide element for a pinched point (10). The guide element is electrically conductively connected to the discharge vessel and surrounds the pinched point in a lightly clamping manner. …<IMAGE>…