Automotive vehicle headlamp

A fixed, first stop (3) and a swivellable second stop (4) abutting flatly thereat are arranged between the light source (6), which is arranged at the focal point of a reflector (1), and a collector lens (2). The second stop can be adjusted about a swivel axis (12) into two end positions and generates at least in one end position together with the stop edge of the first stop the low-beam cut-off of the light bundle emanating from the headlamp. In both end positions, the second stop (4) is held by a compression spring (15) which is inserted under bias between two abutments (16, 17). One abutment (16) is formed by a side face of a recess (20) introduced into the first stop, and the other abutment (17) is formed by the side face of a recess (23) introduced into the second stop. In this arrangement, the side faces of the abutments are turned towards one another, and in the two end positions of the second stop the swivellable terminal section of the compression spring abuts under bias at a side face (24), serving as a limit stop, of a recess (22) introduced in the first stop. The abutment of the first stop lies on a line passing through the centre of gravity and between the two limit stops of the first stop.