A lifting and transporting device for lifting a load and for transporting the same transversely to the lifting direction , for use in the production of a screwed flange connection in order to bring a tensioning tool into a tensioning position in which it is in engagement with a screw bolt connection to be pretensioned, or into a transport position in which it is out of engagement with a screw bolt connection and can be transported to the next screw bolt connection, wherein the flange extends horizontally, comprising a frame which for picking up and lifting a load extends around a load space of specified size, a holding device for holding the load, wherein the holding device is movable in a lifting direction relative to the frame , and comprising a hoisting device which is attached to the frame beside the load space , includes a portion extending on the load space side of said frame, to which the holding device is attached, and which is equipped for lifting and lowering the holding device with a load attached thereto, wherein the frame is mounted on a first and a second support bearing whose support directions each extend perpendicularly to the transport direction and which have a distance to each other perpendicularly to the transport direction , wherein the first support bearing is designed for abutment against the flange upper side , and wherein the support bearings include sliding members or rollers which can be shifted or rolled off in the transport direction , characterized in that the frame is designed to extend from the flange upper side along the flange face to below the flange underside , the second support bearing is designed for abutment against the flange upper side or against the flange face , the holding device is equipped to hold the tensioning tool below the flange underside with the engaging means directed upwards, and the hoisting device is equipped to lift the holding device with the tensioning tool attached thereto from a lowered transport position into a tensioning position. a frame which for picking up and lifting a load extends around a load space of specified size, a holding device for holding the load, wherein the holding device is movable in a lifting direction relative to the frame , and comprising a hoisting device which is attached to the frame beside the load space , includes a portion extending on the load space side of said frame, to which the holding device is attached, and which is equipped for lifting and lowering the holding device with a load attached thereto, wherein the frame is mounted on a first and a second support bearing whose support directions each extend perpendicularly to the transport direction and which have a distance to each other perpendicularly to the transport direction , wherein the first support bearing is designed for abutment against the flange upper side , and wherein the support bearings include sliding members or rollers which can be shifted or rolled off in the transport direction , characterized in that the frame is designed to extend from the flange upper side along the flange face to below the flange underside , the second support bearing is designed for abutment against the flange upper side or against the flange face , the holding device is equipped to hold the tensioning tool below the flange underside with the engaging means directed upwards, and the hoisting device is equipped to lift the holding device with the tensioning tool attached thereto from a lowered transport position into a tensioning position. <EOS>