A switching device for guiding and switching of load currents, comprising: - a movable switching component having a first movable contact and a second movable contact, - a first fixed contact and a second fixed contact, - a supporting device configured to support the switching component, - a magnetic actuator, - wherein the first movable contact is in contact with the first fixed contact and the second movable contact is in contact with the second fixed contact in a switched-on state of the switching component, - wherein the first movable contact is electrically separated from the first fixed contact and the second movable contact is electrically separated from the second fixed contact in a switched-off state of the switching component, - wherein the switching component is arranged such that the switching component is configured to move between the switched-on state and the switched-off state by at least a rotational movement of the switching component and a translational movement of the supporting device, - wherein the supporting device and the magnetic actuator are configured such that the translational movement of the supporting device is caused by an activation of the magnetic actuator, - wherein the switching component has a bearing position at which the switching component is rotatably arranged, - wherein the switching component is mechanically coupled to the supporting device at a force application area of the switching component, wherein the location of the force application area is different from the location of the bearing position, characterized in that the switching component is embodied as an E-shaped component having a first outer limb and a second outer limb and a middle limb being arranged between the first outer limb and the second outer limb and being longer than the first and the second outer limbs (110, 120), the first movable contact is arranged at an end portion of the first outer limb and the second movable contact is arranged at an end portion of the second outer limb, the bearing position of the switching component is arranged at an end portion of the middle limb, and the force application area is arranged at a position of the middle limb between the bearing position and a virtual connecting line between the first movable contact and the second movable contact. - a movable switching component having a first movable contact and a second movable contact, - a first fixed contact and a second fixed contact, - a supporting device configured to support the switching component, - a magnetic actuator, - wherein the first movable contact is in contact with the first fixed contact and the second movable contact is in contact with the second fixed contact in a switched-on state of the switching component, - wherein the first movable contact is electrically separated from the first fixed contact and the second movable contact is electrically separated from the second fixed contact in a switched-off state of the switching component, - wherein the switching component is arranged such that the switching component is configured to move between the switched-on state and the switched-off state by at least a rotational movement of the switching component and a translational movement of the supporting device, - wherein the supporting device and the magnetic actuator are configured such that the translational movement of the supporting device is caused by an activation of the magnetic actuator, - wherein the switching component has a bearing position at which the switching component is rotatably arranged, - wherein the switching component is mechanically coupled to the supporting device at a force application area of the switching component, wherein the location of the force application area is different from the location of the bearing position, the switching component is embodied as an E-shaped component having a first outer limb and a second outer limb and a middle limb being arranged between the first outer limb and the second outer limb and being longer than the first and the second outer limbs (110, 120), the first movable contact is arranged at an end portion of the first outer limb and the second movable contact is arranged at an end portion of the second outer limb, the bearing position of the switching component is arranged at an end portion of the middle limb, and the force application area is arranged at a position of the middle limb between the bearing position and a virtual connecting line between the first movable contact and the second movable contact.