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A support stand for bearings for rotating shafts in which a supporting plate carries the bearing and rests on a spring. The latter is resilient in the direction of the shaft, and is substantially rigid in a plane perpendicular to the shaft. The supporting plate is parallel to a horizontal plane passing through the shaft. The spring may be in the form of a double spring, and the bearing may be constructed as a single self-aligning roller bearing. When using a single spring in combination with the bearing, a relative movement of the bearing housing exclusively about the shaft axis is obtained. The spring is pre-loaded in the shaft direction, and an auxiliary spring may be supported outside the bearing support stand and pressed in the shaft direction against the stand. A bottom and top spring may be provided and connected by struts. The springs, moreover, may be made of structural iron having a I-profile.