Contacting device for electric accummulators

The device has a metal sleeve contact and connection element (4) whose internal diameter corresponds approximately to the external diameter of the connecting pole (2) and that is pressed into a close fit on the connection pole by a guide (3,8) that engages over the sleeve. The sleeve has a slit in the direction of the pole axis. Independent claims are also included for the following: a series circuit of electrical accumulators and a series and/or parallel circuit of electrical accumulators.