The invention relates to an ignition device for an Otto engine, comprising an ignition coil (2), a printed circuit board (3), which carries a control circuit with a power transistor (5), a plastic housing (1), in which the ignition coil and the printed circuit board are arranged, and a thermal dissipation element (7), which protrudes through a wall of the plastic housing. In accordance with this disclosure, the printed circuit board (3) carries a cooling body (6), which is plugged together with the thermal dissipation element (7) to form a thermal bridge, which dissipates thermal losses of the control circuit out from the plastic housing (1).