Heating device with electric heating element, in particular for a vehicle

Heating arrangement (1) comprises a first component (11, 12) supplied by a low voltage source and a second component (13, 14) supplied by a high voltage source. Preferred Features: The arrangement has a heating rod with a number of heating elements arranged between two contact elements. The contact elements are in the form of contact sheets. The low voltage source is a vehicle network voltage and the high voltage source is a supply voltage.