Switching apparatus for electrical systems

A switching apparatus comprising a switching device comprising one or more switch poles, wherein a switch pole of the switching device comprises:

• a first pole terminal and a second pole terminal, wherein the first pole terminal and the second pole terminal are each couplable with corresponding line conductors of an electric line;
• a fixed contact assembly including a plurality of fixed electric contacts electrically connected to the first pole terminal, the fixed electric contacts including one or more first fixed contacts and one or more second fixed contacts electrically insulated from the first fixed contacts;
• a movable contact assembly including a plurality of movable electric contacts electrically connected to the second pole terminal, the movable electric contacts including one or more first movable contacts and one or more second movable contacts, wherein the movable contact assembly is reversibly movable around a rotation axis, so that the first movable contacts can be coupled to or decoupled first fixed contacts and so that the second movable contacts are reversibly couplable with the second fixed contacts, when the movable contact assembly moves about the rotation axis;
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• a current limiter electrically connected in series with the second fixed contacts and the first pole terminal of the switch pole,
• wherein the current limiter is configured to limit or break a current flowing along a series circuit including at least the second fixed contacts, the current limiter, and the first pole terminal, during an opening maneuver of the switching device, when the first movable electric contacts decouple from the first fixed contacts.