A double-acting hydraulic cylinder has a first cylinder housing and a piston guided in the first cylinder housing, wherein a first pressure chamber and a second pressure chamber are provided in the first cylinder housing and are additionally separated from one another by the piston. A first connector serves to feed a hydraulic liquid to the first pressure chamber, and a second connector serves to feed the hydraulic liquid to the second pressure chamber. A second cylinder housing surrounds the first cylinder housing at least in one section. The first connector and the second connector may be arranged at an end of the double-acting hydraulic cylinder which faces away from the second pressure chamber. The second pressure chamber may be loaded with the hydraulic liquid via the section in which the second cylinder housing surrounds the first cylinder housing.