Picking-up device for bales, and picking-up system comprising a picking-up device

A Picking-up system for a bale which is formed by compression of a plant material, comprising a support device and at least one picking-up device which is releasably placeable on the support device, the picking-up device comprising a first side part, a second side part spaced apart relative thereto in a first spatial direction, and connecting units for connecting the side parts along the first spatial direction, wherein the side parts are designed to assume a transport state relative to one another in which a receiving space is defined between the side parts and bales are positioned, for transport purposes, between the side parts in the receiving space, and to assume a filling state in which the side parts are at a greater distance relative to one another in the first spatial direction than in the transport state and in which the bales are insertable into the receiving space along a second spatial direction, transverse to the first spatial direction, via an insertion opening arranged between the side parts, wherein the picking-up device comprises or forms a clamping device, under the action of which, in a clamping state, the first side part and the second side part are braced relative to one another in the transport state, wherein the clamping device is transferable into a release state in which the side parts are movable relative to one another in order to assume the filling state, and wherein at least one of the first side part and the second side part comprises locking elements adapted to fix the picking-up device to a support device and/or adapted to fix the picking-up device to a picking-up device of the same design.