Clamping device for a printing plate

Disclosed is a clamping device for fastening a plate to the periphery of a cylinder. Said clamping device comprises a first clamping element, a pivotally mounted second clamping element, a spring part, and a bracing element that is embodied as a pivotable spindle and is movable between a clamping position in which the bracing element maintains the plate in a clamped state between the clamping elements and a released position in which the clamping elements release the plate. The spindle is mounted in a groove so as to be displaceable, is fixed in an intermediate space between the spring part and the second clamping element, and is pressed against the second clamping element by means of the spring part in the clamping position.