Monitoring device for temperature monrtoring with an accumulator-driven hand-held machining tool, with at least one switch element (12) for separating an electrical consumer (14) from a current supply device (10), wherein for determining a first temperature (TMOTOR) of the consumer (14), a first sensor (16) is connected to the consumer (14), whereby the first sensor (16) is connected with a control input of the switch element (12) and/or with an optical and/or acoustical display unit (26) for controlling a switching process as a function of the first temperature (TMOTOR), and wherein a second sensor (20) is provided in addition to the first sensor (16), wherein the second sensor determines a second temperature (TACCU), whereby both sensors (16, 20) are connected with a control input of the switch element (12), in order to control the switching process as a function of the first temperature (TMOTOR) and the second temperature (TACCU).