A contact system, - having a contact device and a further contact device, - wherein the contact device comprises a first contact housing, an actuating unit and a contact element, - wherein the contact element can be electrically connected to an earthing line, - wherein the first contact housing has a first contact receptacle and is connected to the actuating unit, - wherein the contact element is arranged in the first contact receptacle, - wherein the contact element has a contact section with at least one contact spring and a contact enclosure, - wherein the contact spring is mechanically and electrically connected to the contact enclosure at a second fixed end, - wherein the contact enclosure delimits a contact interior, - wherein the actuating unit can be swivelled between a first position and a second position which is different from the first position, - wherein in the first position of the actuating unit, the contact spring is arranged in the first contact receptacle and is arranged in the contact interior of the contact enclosure, - wherein in the second position of the actuating unit, the actuating unit adjoins the contact spring, - wherein the contact spring is swivelled in the second position of the actuating unit at least partially out of the first contact receptacle and the contact interior, - wherein the contact spring is designed for adjoining a shielding contact of the further contact device and forming an electrical contact with the shielding contact, - wherein the further contact device has at least one second contact housing and a shielding, - wherein the second contact housing has a second contact receptacle, - wherein the shielding is arranged in the second contact receptacle, - wherein the shielding has a shielding contact which is arranged on the outside of the second contact housing, - wherein the contact device is fastened to the further contact device, - wherein, in the first position, the contact spring is arranged at a distance from the shielding contact, - wherein, in the second position, the actuating unit presses the contact spring onto the shielding contact and the contact spring forms an electrical contact with the shielding contact. - having a contact device and a further contact device, - wherein the contact device comprises a first contact housing, an actuating unit and a contact element, - wherein the contact element can be electrically connected to an earthing line, - wherein the first contact housing has a first contact receptacle and is connected to the actuating unit, - wherein the contact element is arranged in the first contact receptacle, - wherein the contact element has a contact section with at least one contact spring and a contact enclosure, - wherein the contact spring is mechanically and electrically connected to the contact enclosure at a second fixed end, - wherein the contact enclosure delimits a contact interior, - wherein the actuating unit can be swivelled between a first position and a second position which is different from the first position, - wherein in the first position of the actuating unit, the contact spring is arranged in the first contact receptacle and is arranged in the contact interior of the contact enclosure, - wherein in the second position of the actuating unit, the actuating unit adjoins the contact spring, - wherein the contact spring is swivelled in the second position of the actuating unit at least partially out of the first contact receptacle and the contact interior, - wherein the contact spring is designed for adjoining a shielding contact of the further contact device and forming an electrical contact with the shielding contact, - wherein the further contact device has at least one second contact housing and a shielding, - wherein the second contact housing has a second contact receptacle, - wherein the shielding is arranged in the second contact receptacle, - wherein the shielding has a shielding contact which is arranged on the outside of the second contact housing, - wherein the contact device is fastened to the further contact device, - wherein, in the first position, the contact spring is arranged at a distance from the shielding contact, - wherein, in the second position, the actuating unit presses the contact spring onto the shielding contact and the contact spring forms an electrical contact with the shielding contact.