Crane with derrick ballast

A crane, comprising an undercarriage, an uppercarriage mounted rotatably on the undercarriage, a boom connected to the uppercarriage in a luffing manner, a derrick boom connected to the uppercarriage in an articulated manner, via which the boom is braced, a guide connected to the uppercarriage, and a derrick ballast, wherein the derrick ballast comprises at least two ballast elements which are configured to be stacked on top of one another to form a stack of ballast elements and a cross member which is connected to the derrick boom via a ballast bracing and to the uppercarriage via the guide,

• wherein
• the cross member is configured to be connected to the stack of ballast elements via a retaining element, wherein the retaining element comprises first connecting means for releasably connecting the retaining element to second connecting means of at least one ballast element of the at least two ballast elements of the stack of ballast elements and is configured in such a way that by moving the retaining element and/or the cross member relative to the stack of ballast elements, while the stack of ballast elements is uncoupled from the retaining element, the retaining element is configured to be connected to a partial stack of ballast elements of the stack of ballast elements.