Method for controlling the reverse manoeuvring of a vehicle combination (1, 40) composed of a tractor vehicle (2, 41) with at least one automatically steerable front axle and with at least one non-steered rear axle and with a trailer (8, 44), with at least one reversing camera in the rear region of the trailer (8, 44), with an input and display unit which can be operated by an operating person and which has a screen for the camera image, and with closed-loop and open-loop control electronics. - in which method the closed-loop and open-loop control electronics calculate a target-oriented driving path from a target location that can be input into the input and display unit by the operating person, from position data relating to the vehicle combination (1, 40) relative to the target location, from vehicle data determined by way of sensors (24, 25, 26, 43, 54), such as the present steer angle of the steerable front axle of the tractor vehicle (2, 41), from the present articulation angle of a drawbar of the trailer relative to the tractor vehicle and/or from the present articulation angle of the trailer relative to the tractor vehicle and/or the drawbar, and transmit associated graphics information to the input and display unit, - in which method the image recorded by the reversing camera is transmitted to and depicted on the input and display unit, - in which method the input and display unit depicts, on its screen, the camera image with the image of the target-oriented driving path superposed thereon such that the image of the driving path and the camera image are visible simultaneously, - in which method the closed-loop and open-loop control electronics calculate control commands for a steering actuator on the steerable front axle of the tractor vehicle (2, 41), - and in which method the closed-loop and open-loop control electronics perform and/or initiate an actuation of the steering actuator such that the vehicle combination (1, 40), during reverse manoeuvring, automatically travels on the driving path to the input target location, characterized in that the trailer (8, 44) has, for the automatic steering thereof, wheels (16a, 16b, 16c, 16d, 16e, 16f) which can be braked on one side, the closed-loop and open-loop control electronics calculate steering braking commands for the brakes (10a, 10b, 12a, 12b, 12c, 12d) at the wheels (16a, 16b, 16c, 16d, 16e, 16f) of the trailer (8, 44), and in which method the closed-loop and open-loop control electronics perform and/or initiate, in addition or alternatively to the actuation of the steering actuator, an actuation of the brakes (10a, 10b, 12a, 12b, 12c, 12d) of the wheels (16a, 16b, 16c, 16d, 16e, 16f) of the trailer (8, 44), in such a way that the vehicle combination (1, 40), during the reverse manoeuvring, automatically travels on the driving path to the input target location, and in which method, by way of the closed-loop and open-loop control electronics, regions which lie outside the maximum steer input of the vehicle combination (1, 40), and which therefore cannot be reached from the present position of the vehicle combination (1, 40), are indicated on the screen of the input and display unit. - in which method the closed-loop and open-loop control electronics calculate a target-oriented driving path from a target location that can be input into the input and display unit by the operating person, from position data relating to the vehicle combination (1, 40) relative to the target location, from vehicle data determined by way of sensors (24, 25, 26, 43, 54), such as the present steer angle of the steerable front axle of the tractor vehicle (2, 41), from the present articulation angle of a drawbar of the trailer relative to the tractor vehicle and/or from the present articulation angle of the trailer relative to the tractor vehicle and/or the drawbar, and transmit associated graphics information to the input and display unit, - in which method the image recorded by the reversing camera is transmitted to and depicted on the input and display unit, - in which method the input and display unit depicts, on its screen, the camera image with the image of the target-oriented driving path superposed thereon such that the image of the driving path and the camera image are visible simultaneously, - in which method the closed-loop and open-loop control electronics calculate control commands for a steering actuator on the steerable front axle of the tractor vehicle (2, 41), - and in which method the closed-loop and open-loop control electronics perform and/or initiate an actuation of the steering actuator such that the vehicle combination (1, 40), during reverse manoeuvring, automatically travels on the driving path to the input target location,