For a single-pole contact system for high currents, consisting of a rigid socket part (1) and a plug-in part (2) comprising elastic contact lamellae (16), it is proposed that the plug-in part (2) is provided with a pin-type projection (9), a cylindrical contact part (15), on which are fashioned elastic contact lamellae (16), is pushed on to the pin-type projection (9), the free ends of the contact lamellae pointing towards a conical transition (12) from the plug-in part (2) to the pin-type projection (9) and, at the front end of the projection, there is provided a pressure part (20) which acts on the contact part (15), the free ends of the contact lamellae (16) being pressed against the cone so that they are pressed radially outward, i.e., against the inside of the socket.