Drive arrangement, especially for a lifting mechanism and/or a traveling drive

Drive arrangement for a pole-reversible rotary-current motor with windings for at least two different actuating speeds, said drive arrangement comprising:

• a pole switching element connecting the rotary-current motor to a voltage supply for changing between the actuating speeds of the rotary current motor, a power switching element that is electrically connected between said pole switching element and the voltage supply, wherein said pole switching element is separated from the voltage supply via the power switching element during the pole switching process of the rotary-current motor, including an electromechanical brake on a motor shaft, wherein said power switching element has three power switching contacts and one auxiliary contact, two of said contacts being connected to reversing contacts of said reversing switch element and another of said contacts being directly connected to one of the motor windings and wherein said reversing contacts are each connected at the output side to a contact of the pole switching element and said auxiliary contact is connected to said electromechanical brake.