A contact apparatus for an electric switch, comprising - a first connection element, - a second connection element, - a movable contact bridge, - at least two magnets (35, 36) for quenching arcs which arise during the switching of the electric switch, wherein the magnets (35, 36) generate a magnetic field in a first region which comprises at least one first contact region and one second contact region, in which, with the electric switch in a closed switching position, the first connection element and the second connection element are in contact with the contact bridge, - at least one first deflection element and one second deflection element, which are part of a frame and which are arranged and configured for distorting the magnetic field in such a way that a first arc, which forms between the first connection element and the contact bridge, and a second arc, which forms between the second connection element and the contact bridge, are forced into different directions, which extend pointing away from each other, independently of a particular current direction in the connection elements (31, 32), wherein - the first deflection element and the second deflection element are situated partially around a region in which the first connection element and the second connection element and the contact bridge are situated, - at least one of the magnets is situated on a first side of the region in which the first connection element and the second connection element and the contact bridge are situated, - at least one of the magnets is situated on a second side of the region, which is opposite the first side, characterized in that - the first deflection element is embodied as a first angle having a first angle section and a second angle section, wherein the first angle section extends at least partially along a first end face of the region and the second angle section extends at least partially along the first side of the region, - the second deflection element is embodied as a second angle having a first angle section and a second angle section, wherein the first angle section extends at least partially along a second end face of the region, which is opposite the first end face, and the second angle section extends partially along the second side of the region, - the second angle section of the first angle is embodied and arranged on an outer side of a first side wall of the frame such that it at least partially overlaps the at least one magnet of the first side, and the second angle section of the second angle is embodied and arranged on an outer side of a second side wall of the frame such that it at least partially overlaps the at least one magnet of the second side. - a first connection element, - a second connection element, - a movable contact bridge, - at least two magnets (35, 36) for quenching arcs which arise during the switching of the electric switch, wherein the magnets (35, 36) generate a magnetic field in a first region which comprises at least one first contact region and one second contact region, in which, with the electric switch in a closed switching position, the first connection element and the second connection element are in contact with the contact bridge, - at least one first deflection element and one second deflection element, which are part of a frame and which are arranged and configured for distorting the magnetic field in such a way that a first arc, which forms between the first connection element and the contact bridge, and a second arc, which forms between the second connection element and the contact bridge, are forced into different directions, which extend pointing away from each other, independently of a particular current direction in the connection elements (31, 32), wherein - the first deflection element and the second deflection element are situated partially around a region in which the first connection element and the second connection element and the contact bridge are situated, - at least one of the magnets is situated on a first side of the region in which the first connection element and the second connection element and the contact bridge are situated, - at least one of the magnets is situated on a second side of the region, which is opposite the first side, characterized in that - the first deflection element is embodied as a first angle having a first angle section and a second angle section, wherein the first angle section extends at least partially along a first end face of the region and the second angle section extends at least partially along the first side of the region, - the second deflection element is embodied as a second angle having a first angle section and a second angle section, wherein the first angle section extends at least partially along a second end face of the region, which is opposite the first end face, and the second angle section extends partially along the second side of the region, - the second angle section of the first angle is embodied and arranged on an outer side of a first side wall of the frame such that it at least partially overlaps the at least one magnet of the first side, and the second angle section of the second angle is embodied and arranged on an outer side of a second side wall of the frame such that it at least partially overlaps the at least one magnet of the second side.