A hitching apparatus for temporary connection of a towing vehicle to a towed vehicle in order to constitute a vehicle combination, the hitching apparatus comprising: - a towing vehicle-side hitch component with a hitch bolt as a towing vehicle-side hitch member; - a towed vehicle-side hitch component with a towing eye, through which the hitch bolt can pass, as a towed vehicle-side hitch member, the towing vehicle-side and towed vehicle-side components (14, 24) being releasably hitchable to one another in order to constitute a temporary hitched connection, the hitched connection being embodied to transfer a towing force on which towing of the towed vehicle in the vehicle combination is based; - a towing vehicle-side insertion connector component having at least one insertion connector configuration as an interface of a towing vehicle-side supply lead for transferring energy and/or information; - a towed vehicle-side insertion connector component having at least one insertion connector configuration as an interface of a towed vehicle-side supply lead for transferring energy and/or information, the towing vehicle-side and towed vehicle-side insertion connector components (30, 32) being releasably connectable to one another in order to constitute a temporary energy- and/or information-transferring insertion connection; - a towing vehicle-side alignment component, embodied separately from the towing vehicle-side hitch component and arranged thereon, which carries the towing vehicle-side insertion connector component; - a towed vehicle-side alignment component, embodied separately from the towed vehicle-side hitch component and arranged thereon, which carries the towed vehicle-side insertion connector component, at least one alignment component from among the towing vehicle-side and towed vehicle-side alignment components (38, 40) comprising an alignment configuration (42, 44) and being movable relative to the hitch component (14 or 24) carrying it, so that the alignment configuration (42 or 44) of the one alignment component (38 or 40) is conveyable, for mutual insertion connection-preparing alignment of the insertion connector components (30, 32), into positive engagement with an alignment configuration (44 or 42) of the respective other alignment component (40 or 38), wherein at least one insertion connector component (30, 32) from among the towing vehicle-side and towed vehicle-side insertion connector components (30, 32) is displaceable relative to the alignment component (38, 40) carrying it, and wherein one insertion connector component (30, 32) from among the towing vehicle-side and towed vehicle-side insertion connector components (30, 32) is displaceable, relative to the alignment component (38, 40) carrying it, between a retracted connection readiness position and an advanced connection activation position, characterized in that the insertion connector component (30, 32) is displaceable between the connection readiness position and the connection activation position along a connecting trajectory that - in consideration of a reference state with vehicles (towing vehicle and towed vehicle) that are standing on a common flat horizontal substrate and follow one another in a longitudinal vehicle direction (ZL, NL) with coplanar longitudinal vehicle center planes orthogonal to the substrate - is different from a hitching trajectory along which the towing vehicle-side and towed vehicle-side hitch components (14, 24) can be caused to approach one another in order to establish the hitched connection or to move away from one another to undo it. - a towing vehicle-side hitch component with a hitch bolt as a towing vehicle-side hitch member; - a towed vehicle-side hitch component with a towing eye, through which the hitch bolt can pass, as a towed vehicle-side hitch member, the towing vehicle-side and towed vehicle-side components (14, 24) being releasably hitchable to one another in order to constitute a temporary hitched connection, the hitched connection being embodied to transfer a towing force on which towing of the towed vehicle in the vehicle combination is based; - a towing vehicle-side insertion connector component having at least one insertion connector configuration as an interface of a towing vehicle-side supply lead for transferring energy and/or information; - a towed vehicle-side insertion connector component having at least one insertion connector configuration as an interface of a towed vehicle-side supply lead for transferring energy and/or information, the towing vehicle-side and towed vehicle-side insertion connector components (30, 32) being releasably connectable to one another in order to constitute a temporary energy- and/or information-transferring insertion connection; - a towing vehicle-side alignment component, embodied separately from the towing vehicle-side hitch component and arranged thereon, which carries the towing vehicle-side insertion connector component; - a towed vehicle-side alignment component, embodied separately from the towed vehicle-side hitch component and arranged thereon, which carries the towed vehicle-side insertion connector component,