Supporting device for supporting a load body, for example, a boiler, in particular, a boiler of a waste incineration plant, comprising a lower construction and a central construction that can be adjusted relative to the same in the vertical direction, wherein the lower construction cooperates with a first bearing region in order to dissipate a supporting force that can be introduced into the central construction by the load body via a second bearing region into a support structure, the supporting device comprising load elements (4e, 9, 10a, 10b) and adjusting elements (12, 13, 13c, 16, 17, 23), wherein the supporting force that can be introduced into the central construction can be transmitted onto the lower construction in the vertical direction by the load elements (4e, 9, 10a, 10b) and/or by the adjusting elements (12, 13, 13c, 16, 17, 23), wherein a distance can be adjusted by the adjusting elements (12, 13, 13c, 16, 17, 23) in the vertical direction between the lower construction and the central construction, and a distance between the lower construction and the central construction that is adjusted by the adjusting elements (12, 13, 13c, 16, 17, 23) can be fixed by the load elements (4e, 9, 10a, 10b) in order to set the supporting force acting on the supporting device. characterised in that the load elements are each - formed by a load thread bolt firmly connected to the central construction, where the load thread bolt is sliding mounted in a hole in the lower construction and can be connected to the lower construction by positive locking in order to fix the distance, and/or - formed by a by a load thread bolt firmly connected to the lower construction, where the load thread bolt is sliding mounted in a hole in the central construction and can be connected to the central construction by positive locking in order to fix the distance. the supporting device comprising load elements (4e, 9, 10a, 10b) and adjusting elements (12, 13, 13c, 16, 17, 23), wherein the supporting force that can be introduced into the central construction can be transmitted onto the lower construction in the vertical direction by the load elements (4e, 9, 10a, 10b) and/or by the adjusting elements (12, 13, 13c, 16, 17, 23), wherein a distance can be adjusted by the adjusting elements (12, 13, 13c, 16, 17, 23) in the vertical direction between the lower construction and the central construction, and a distance between the lower construction and the central construction that is adjusted by the adjusting elements (12, 13, 13c, 16, 17, 23) can be fixed by the load elements (4e, 9, 10a, 10b) in order to set the supporting force acting on the supporting device. characterised in that the load elements are each - formed by a load thread bolt firmly connected to the central construction, where the load thread bolt is sliding mounted in a hole in the lower construction and can be connected to the lower construction by positive locking in order to fix the distance, and/or - formed by a by a load thread bolt firmly connected to the lower construction, where the load thread bolt is sliding mounted in a hole in the central construction and can be connected to the central construction by positive locking in order to fix the distance. - formed by a load thread bolt firmly connected to the central construction, where the load thread bolt is sliding mounted in a hole in the lower construction and can be connected to the lower construction by positive locking in order to fix the distance, and/or - formed by a by a load thread bolt firmly connected to the lower construction, where the load thread bolt is sliding mounted in a hole in the central construction and can be connected to the central construction by positive locking in order to fix the distance.