Device for holding a rod-shaped body, having: an inner clamping element having an external cone which surrounds the rod-shaped body in one section; an outer clamping element having an internal cone which surrounds the inner clamping element at least in some sections, the internal cone of which outer clamping element is formed so as to be complementary to the external cone of the inner clamping element; a clamping force device for relative displacement of the inner clamping element and the outer clamping element in a first direction parallel to a longitudinal extent of the rod-shaped body in order to bring the inner clamping element in the region of the external cone and the outer clamping element in the region of the internal cone into a contact position to hold the rod-shaped body; a releasing force device for relative displacement of the inner clamping element and the outer clamping element in a second direction, opposite to the first direction, parallel to a longitudinal extent of the rod-shaped body in order to space the inner clamping element in the region of the external cone and the outer clamping element in the region of the internal cone apart from one another to release the rod-shaped body; a housing which accommodates the afore-mentioned elements and into which the rod-shaped body has been inserted or through which the rod-shaped body is guided, in which housing a counter-element is arranged adjacent to the inner clamping element, which counter-element is arranged after the inner clamping element in the first direction and has an end face that faces towards the inner clamping element; the counter-element is arranged so as to be fixed against rotation relative to the housing and has at least one interlocking structure on or in the region of the end face; wherein the inner clamping element has on or in the region of its end face that faces towards the counter-element at least one interlocking structure which is at least to some extent complementary to the interlocking structure of the counter-element so that in the contact position the interlocking structure of the counter-element and the complementary interlocking structure of the inner clamping element are in engagement with one another to form an interlocking connection, the interlocking connection being effective substantially only in the tangential direction in relation to the end faces (3c, 8a) or in the circumferential direction, transversely with respect to a radial direction, but not in a radial direction. an inner clamping element having an external cone which surrounds the rod-shaped body in one section; an outer clamping element having an internal cone which surrounds the inner clamping element at least in some sections, the internal cone of which outer clamping element is formed so as to be complementary to the external cone of the inner clamping element; a clamping force device for relative displacement of the inner clamping element and the outer clamping element in a first direction parallel to a longitudinal extent of the rod-shaped body in order to bring the inner clamping element in the region of the external cone and the outer clamping element in the region of the internal cone into a contact position to hold the rod-shaped body; a releasing force device for relative displacement of the inner clamping element and the outer clamping element in a second direction, opposite to the first direction, parallel to a longitudinal extent of the rod-shaped body in order to space the inner clamping element in the region of the external cone and the outer clamping element in the region of the internal cone apart from one another to release the rod-shaped body; a housing which accommodates the afore-mentioned elements and into which the rod-shaped body has been inserted or through which the rod-shaped body is guided, in which housing a counter-element is arranged adjacent to the inner clamping element, which counter-element is arranged after the inner clamping element in the first direction and has an end face that faces towards the inner clamping element; the counter-element is arranged so as to be fixed against rotation relative to the housing and has at least one interlocking structure on or in the region of the end face; wherein the inner clamping element has on or in the region of its end face that faces towards the counter-element at least one interlocking structure which is at least to some extent complementary to the interlocking structure of the counter-element so that in the contact position the interlocking structure of the counter-element and the complementary interlocking structure of the inner clamping element are in engagement with one another to form an interlocking connection, the interlocking connection being effective substantially only in the tangential direction in relation to the end faces (3c, 8a) or in the circumferential direction, transversely with respect to a radial direction, but not in a radial direction.