Remote control device for the remote control of a motor vehicle

A vehicle parking assist system comprising:

• a display for visualizing a vehicle surrounding area that is detected by vehicle sensors, and a vehicle symbol in the vehicle surrounding area;
• an input device for inputting a desired parking position within the vehicle surrounding area detected by the vehicle sensors, wherein the vehicle symbol represented by the display is displaced into the desired parking position;
• and
• a control device configured to, in response to displacing the vehicle symbol into the desired parking position, control a vehicle to achieve the desired parking position.