The invention relates to an axle journal (1) which is connected to a vehicle body and which comprises an approximately rotation-symmetrical bearing journal (3) which can be connected to a wheel (5) of the vehicle. The invention also relates to a method for producing an axle journal (1). According to the invention, the axle journal is embodied in a divided manner, comprising an axle journal base body (7) and bearing journals (3), which penetrate a corresponding opening (9) in the axle journal base body (7), in order to meet the requirements of the high component stresses and to produce the axle journal (1) in an economical manner. The bearing journals (3) comprise a journal part (11) and a counter part (13), which are connected together inside the opening (9) by means of a press welding method.