A load hoisting system for use with a lifting means that has an anchoring part that can be or is connected to a load to be moved, and that has a contact part with at least one transfer surface for engagement with a load hoisting means, - comprising a load hoisting means that has a support housing in which the contact part and, adjacent to the latter, part of the shank part of the anchoring part of the lifting means can be received and that has concavely curved surface parts on the inside that on their own or with part-surfaces projecting from the latter form the support surface for the interaction with the transfer surface on the contact part of the lifting means, - the concavely curved surface parts having parts of a spherical cap for the interaction with a spherical part of the contact part, - the support housing having a receiving compartment that surrounds the spherical part and the adjacent shank part when in the state hooked to the lifting means, - the support housing being made in the form of a bell and having an upper part opposite its bottom part with an engagement point for the tensile force generated by the load hoisting means, the line of application of which defines a main axis of the support housing running from the bottom part to the upper part, and - the receiving compartment of the support housing surrounding the spherical part, only leaving recesses (47, 51) free when in the hooked together state, which recesses form the access to the receiving compartment for the hooking and unhooking of the lifting means, - characterised in that the recesses have a slit in the bottom part with a width enabling the shank part 19) of the lifting means to pass through and an aperture in the side wall adjoining the slot, which aperture enables the spherical part of the lifting means to pass through, and - that a flap that can pivot about an axis preferably perpendicular to the main axis and to the longitudinal direction of the slit is provided on the upper part of the support housing which can be moved into a position partially blocking the aperture in order to secure the hooked state or can be moved into a position clearing the aperture. - comprising a load hoisting means that has a support housing in which the contact part and, adjacent to the latter, part of the shank part of the anchoring part of the lifting means can be received and that has concavely curved surface parts on the inside that on their own or with part-surfaces projecting from the latter form the support surface for the interaction with the transfer surface on the contact part of the lifting means, - the concavely curved surface parts having parts of a spherical cap for the interaction with a spherical part of the contact part, - the support housing having a receiving compartment that surrounds the spherical part and the adjacent shank part when in the state hooked to the lifting means, - the support housing being made in the form of a bell and having an upper part opposite its bottom part with an engagement point for the tensile force generated by the load hoisting means, the line of application of which defines a main axis of the support housing running from the bottom part to the upper part, and - the receiving compartment of the support housing surrounding the spherical part, only leaving recesses (47, 51) free when in the hooked together state, which recesses form the access to the receiving compartment for the hooking and unhooking of the lifting means, - characterised in that the recesses have a slit in the bottom part with a width enabling the shank part 19) of the lifting means to pass through and an aperture in the side wall adjoining the slot, which aperture enables the spherical part of the lifting means to pass through, and - that a flap that can pivot about an axis preferably perpendicular to the main axis and to the longitudinal direction of the slit is provided on the upper part of the support housing which can be moved into a position partially blocking the aperture in order to secure the hooked state or can be moved into a position clearing the aperture.