Electrical switching device, which switches stroke-dependently, with extended switching hysteresis

An electrical switching device for switching stroke-dependently with extended switching hysteresis, the device comprising:

• a holding apparatus;
• a movable actuating element guided in the holding apparatus;
• and
• a switching element having a contact lever for interacting with the actuating element;
• wherein the actuating element has a step-shaped section for actuating the contact lever of the switching element, wherein the actuating element has an opening in which an engagement element engages when a switching operation is triggered, wherein the actuating element is moved linearly along a movement axis by a movement of the engagement element, and wherein the opening provided in the actuating element is a slot into which the engagement element engages so as to achieve a defined hysteresis depending on the configuration of the slot, the slot having a dimension along the movement axis that is larger than a dimension of the slot perpendicular to the movement axis.