A contacting device having a carrier and at least one contacting unit, wherein the carrier has a bottom side and a top side, the top side of the carrier having a plurality of mutually insulated conductive tracks, the contacting unit having a plurality of contact elements that at least partially are formed of an electrically conductive material and in each case are mutually electrically insulated, each contact element along a longitudinal axis being composed of at least one fixing section and a contacting portion adjoining the fixing section, each fixing section being supported on the top side of the carrier, having a first contact surface and being positively and conductively connected to one of the conductive tracks, each contacting portion having a distance to the top side varying between zero and a maximum distance.