The invention concerns a winding device for taking up a paper web immediately after manufacture. The device comprises a carrier drum onto which the paper web is guided from one side (feed side); a winding rod with bearing journals; articulated levers which support the bearing journals in brackets and cause the winding rod with the rolled paper web to pivot around the carrier drum from a feed position into a pay-out position; a longitudinal cutter in the region of the winding-on side and upstream of the carrier drum for cutting the web into strips; a pressure roller for exerting contact pressure on the paper strips; and a support roller on the run-off side of the carrier drum in the pay-out region.