A stacking crate with • a floor, • a wall extending from the base transversely thereto in one direction, in particular a circumferential wall, which together with the base delimits a receiving space of the stacking crate, and • and a receiving opening bounded by an edge of the wall opposite the base, wherein support elements which can be displaced back and forth between a rest position and a support position are mounted on the stacking crate, wherein the support elements are positioned in the support position in such a way that they enable a support surface for a stacking of the stacking crate and a further stacking crate of substantially identical construction to be placed one on top of the other to form a stacked box, wherein the stacking elements are positioned in the rest position in such a way that they allow the stacking crate and a further, substantially identical stacking crate to be placed one inside the other in order to form a nested stack of boxes, characterised in that the support elements are designed and attached to the stacking crate in such a way that, when the stacking crate is placed on the base with the base substantially horizontally aligned, the support elements are positioned on a support with the receiving opening pointing substantially vertically upwards, the stacking crate is placed on the bottom with the bottom substantially horizontal on a support and with the receiving opening oriented substantially vertically upwards, the stacking crate being displaced into the rest position driven solely by gravity, characterized in that, - when the stacking crate is placed on the edge with the receiving opening substantially horizontal on a support and with the bottom oriented substantially vertically upwards, the resting elements are displaced into the rest position driven solely by gravity. • a floor, • a wall extending from the base transversely thereto in one direction, in particular a circumferential wall, which together with the base delimits a receiving space of the stacking crate, and • and a receiving opening bounded by an edge of the wall opposite the base, wherein the stacking elements are positioned in the rest position in such a way that they allow the stacking crate and a further, substantially identical stacking crate to be placed one inside the other in order to form a nested stack of boxes, characterised in that the support elements are designed and attached to the stacking crate in such a way that, when the stacking crate is placed on the base with the base substantially horizontally aligned, the support elements are positioned on a support with the receiving opening pointing substantially vertically upwards, the stacking crate is placed on the bottom with the bottom substantially horizontal on a support and with the receiving opening oriented substantially vertically upwards, the stacking crate being displaced into the rest position driven solely by gravity, characterized in that, - when the stacking crate is placed on the edge with the receiving opening substantially horizontal on a support and with the bottom oriented substantially vertically upwards, the resting elements are displaced into the rest position driven solely by gravity.