t on the valve housing 27 in this embodiment within the valve housing 27 there are two valve seats 35 with each valve seat 35 able to interact with a closing body 36 formed on the control piston 28 in fig3 the directional control valve 1 is shown in the powered state due to the magnetic flux generated by the coil 7 the armature 16 and thus the control piston 28 is shifted downwards axially in the figure consequently the upper closing body 36 closes the upper valve seat 35 whereby the connection between the working connection a and the tank connection t is blocked while pressurized medium can flow from the supply connection p via the open lower valve seat 35 to the working connection a in the unpowered state of coil 7 there is no magnetic force on the armature 16 whereby the control piston 28 is shifted upwards in the axial direction by the force of the pressurized medium flow on the supply connection p in this way the lower closing body 36 contacts the lower valve seat 35 whereby the connection between the supply connection p and the working connection a is disrupted and simultaneously the connection between the working connection a and the discharge connection t is created via the upper valve seat 35 in this embodiment the connection between.