Filter element, filter device, arrangement and assembly method

A filter device for the filtration of fluids having a first housing part, at least one second housing part, which is releasably connected to the first housing part in a fluid-tight manner, and at least one filter element having at least one end plate and a filter material which has a hollow-cylindrical shape and is connected to the end plate at an end face,

• wherein the end plate is designed to transmit a torque to the second housing part of the filter device,
• wherein the end plate has at least one form-fitting element for receiving a torque and at least one transmission region for transmitting the torque to the second housing part, wherein the filter element is coupled to the second housing part in a torque-transmitting manner so that a rotational movement can be transmitted from the filter element to the second housing part in order to form and/or to release the fluid-tight connection, wherein
• the second housing part has a mating contour and the end plate of the filter element has a transmission contour and/or the form-fitting element of the filter element has a form-fitting contour, wherein the transmission contour and/or the form-fitting contour is/are designed to be complementary to the mating contour for torque transmission, and the transmission contour forms a multi-edge contour which has a multiplicity of surfaces which are arranged in a row on a circumference of the transmission region.