Wind turbine, including a tower, a nacelle which is rotatable connected to the tower, a yaw motor for rotating the nacelle relatively to the tower, a yaw brake which is configured to fix the nacelle relatively to the tower and which is configured to be brought from an open position into a brake position and vice versa, wherein the yaw brake is pre-tensioned into the brake position, a switch which is electrically connected to the yaw motor and the yaw brake and which is configured to be brought from an open state into a closed state and vice versa, wherein, when the switch is brought from the closed state into the open state a power supply to the yaw brake and the yaw motor is interrupted and the yaw brake goes into the brake position by releasing at least partially the pre-tension.