Tamper protection device for protecting a field device against tampering

A method for manufacturing a field device (1) with a tamper protection device, comprising the following steps:

• manufacturing (S1) the field device 1,
• manufacturing (S2) the tamper protection device (4),
• disposing (S3) the tamper protection device (4) on the field device (1)
• connecting (S4) the tamper protection device (4) to a monitoring device (5, 6) to monitor the tamper protection device (4)

A field device (1) comprising:

• a tamper protection device for protecting the field device against tampering, the tamper protection device comprising:
• a tamper protection carrier (4a) and
• at least one electronic memory (3), wherein
• the at least one electronic memory (3) is disposed in at least one partial area on the tamper protection carrier (4a), and
• the at least one electronic memory (3) stores at least one predefinable security information item (M), and
• wherein
• the at least one electronic memory (3) is designed to modify the predefinable security information item (M) in the event of at an least partial damage to the tamper protection device (4).