Battery having the following features: a. the battery comprises a housing having a housing wall, which surrounds an interior of the battery, and b. the battery comprises at least one pole unit, which is of electrically conductive configuration and penetrates the housing wall, and c. the battery comprises in the interior thereof at least one individual cell having at least two electrodes, d. at least one electrode is connected to at least one pole unit by means of an diverter element, which has a first connecting section for attaching to at least one contact section of the electrode and a second connecting section for attaching to the pole unit, and e. the diverter element is configured as a sheet-metal part, which has at least two bending regions between the first connecting section and the second connecting section, in the region of which bending regions the sheet-metal part is bent in each case along a bending line (72, 74, 72A, 72B, 74A, 74B, 78A, 78B), and f. the bending lines (72, 74, 72A, 72B, 74A, 74B, 78A, 78B) are oriented substantially parallel to one another, that is to say that the orientations of the bending lines do not deviate from one another by more than 10° and the diverter element is bent along the bending lines (72, 74, 72A, 72B, 74A, 74B, 78A, 78B) in opposite bending directions by bending angles greater than 90° such that the diverter element is formed in sections in a Z-like manner, characterized by the following additional feature: g. the diverter element has at least one torsion region (76A, 76B) between the first connecting section and the second connecting section, in the region of which torsion region the sheet-metal part is twisted in a screw-like manner. a. the battery comprises a housing having a housing wall, which surrounds an interior of the battery, and b. the battery comprises at least one pole unit, which is of electrically conductive configuration and penetrates the housing wall, and c. the battery comprises in the interior thereof at least one individual cell having at least two electrodes, d. at least one electrode is connected to at least one pole unit by means of an diverter element, which has a first connecting section for attaching to at least one contact section of the electrode and a second connecting section for attaching to the pole unit, and e. the diverter element is configured as a sheet-metal part, which has at least two bending regions between the first connecting section and the second connecting section, in the region of which bending regions the sheet-metal part is bent in each case along a bending line (72, 74, 72A, 72B, 74A, 74B, 78A, 78B), and f. the bending lines (72, 74, 72A, 72B, 74A, 74B, 78A, 78B) are oriented substantially parallel to one another, that is to say that the orientations of the bending lines do not deviate from one another by more than 10° and the diverter element is bent along the bending lines (72, 74, 72A, 72B, 74A, 74B, 78A, 78B) in opposite bending directions by bending angles greater than 90° such that the diverter element is formed in sections in a Z-like manner, characterized by the following additional feature: g. the diverter element has at least one torsion region (76A, 76B) between the first connecting section and the second connecting section, in the region of which torsion region the sheet-metal part is twisted in a screw-like manner.