Space-saving sorting plant and method for sorting articles

A sorting plant, comprising:

• a conveyor track having two conveying segments lying vertically or obliquely one above the other defining a lower conveying segment including at least one lower transfer point and an upper conveying segment including at least one upper transfer point;
• a conveying device having a conveying transport mechanism configured for transporting an article along said conveyor track;
• at least one reception device having a plurality of reception components each for receiving at least one respective article and having a reception transport mechanism;
• a transfer mechanism configured for bringing an article from said conveying device into a reception device upon the article being located at a transfer point;
• said reception transport mechanism being configured for moving said reception components along a reception component track and for simultaneously bringing each respective reception component of said reception device into a transfer position;
• said transfer mechanism being configured for bringing an article located at a transfer point into a reception component of a reception device upon said reception component being located in a transfer position with respect to said transfer point;
• said at least one reception device being configured with said reception component track having at least one reception segment proceeding vertically or obliquely from a top downward;
• and
• said vertical or oblique reception segment permitting said reception transport mechanism to move each reception component of said reception device both into a transfer position with respect to said lower transfer point and into a transfer position with respect to said upper transfer point.