Abseiling arrangement comprising a rope , and an abseiling device for braking a load, the abseiling device having a first end and an opposite second end, and in which the rope passes through the abseiling device in a frictionally guided manner, whereby the abseiling device comprises a back plate and a front plate , the back plate comprises a swivelling part attached swivelling thereto, whereby the swivelling part can be swivelled against a spring force for inserting or removing the rope and the swivelling part , by suspending the load, generates the friction by pressing the rope onto a stationary first guidance located at the first end of the back plate dependent on the weight of the load, the front plate is attached swivelling to the back plate at the first end of the abseiling device around a swivelling axis between an opened position and a closed position, whereby in the opened position the swivelling part is accessible for inserting the rope and in the closed position the swivelling part is arranged between the back plate and the front plate , and the back plate and the front plate each comprise a first opening arranged adjacent to the swivelling axis, and through which the load can be connected to the abseiling device, whereby the first opening of the front plate comprises a round shape and the first opening of the back plate comprises the shape of an elongate hole and the first opening of the front plate overlaps in the opened position and in the closed position different portions of the first opening of the back plate such that, when the load is connected through the first openings but not suspended, the front plate can be swivelled into the opened position and, by suspending the load, the front plate swivels into the closed position. a rope , and an abseiling device for braking a load, the abseiling device having a first end and an opposite second end, and in which the rope passes through the abseiling device in a frictionally guided manner, whereby the abseiling device comprises a back plate and a front plate , the back plate comprises a swivelling part attached swivelling thereto, whereby the swivelling part can be swivelled against a spring force for inserting or removing the rope and the swivelling part , by suspending the load, generates the friction by pressing the rope onto a stationary first guidance located at the first end of the back plate dependent on the weight of the load, the front plate is attached swivelling to the back plate at the first end of the abseiling device around a swivelling axis between an opened position and a closed position, whereby in the opened position the swivelling part is accessible for inserting the rope and in the closed position the swivelling part is arranged between the back plate and the front plate , and the back plate and the front plate each comprise a first opening arranged adjacent to the swivelling axis, and through which the load can be connected to the abseiling device, whereby the first opening of the front plate comprises a round shape and the first opening of the back plate comprises the shape of an elongate hole and the first opening of the front plate overlaps in the opened position and in the closed position different portions of the first opening of the back plate such that, when the load is connected through the first openings but not suspended, the front plate can be swivelled into the opened position and, by suspending the load, the front plate swivels into the closed position. <EOS>