Binocular

Binoculars have two tubes which are connected to each other via a folding bridge and an Abbe-König prism system is arranged in each tube. The Abbe-König prism systems are each provided for image reversal of respective visual viewing beam paths. Each Abbe-König system comprises an isosceles prism and a roof prism adjacent thereto. A laser transmitter (21) having an emanating laser beam path (24) in the first tube (3a) and a corresponding laser receiver (22) having an incoming laser beam (24) in the second tube (3b) can be changed in parallel with respect to the distance to each other by means of the folding bridge (37). One of the two prisms (9, 10) of each Abbe-König prism system (6) is configured with a splitter layer (12, 12', 12'') or is connected via a cement layer for splitting the viewing beam (7) and laser beam (24) into separate beams with the beams (7, 24) running part way in common in the respective tubes (3a, 3b). In the binocular, a compact integration of the laser distance measuring device is possible with the use of Abbe-König prism systems.