A microneedle system and method for production thereof. From a board a web grating is produced which has a plurality of grating nodes each defined by three apertures and which has web grating wedges. The microneedle system comprising a board and a plurality of openings delimited circumferentially by a web grating, having at each opening at least one web grating wedge having a needle-shaped tip which projects from the board and which is oriented at least approximately normal to the board. Web grating wedges having needle-shaped tips protrude into each aperture from at least three different directions. In order to produce openings, at least all the web grating wedges which protrude into an aperture are bent by a punch and the needle-shaped tips thereof are oriented normal to the plane of the web grating. At least two web grating wedges are arranged at each opening.
