Electrical switching contact and switching device having the same

An electrical switching device, comprising:

• a switching contact having a plurality of layered spring elements including a first spring element and a second spring element extending longitudinally and parallel to one another and including a contact section and an actuation section disposed adjacent to the contact section, the contact section having a contact element, the actuation section less rigid in a switching direction in which the contact element moves toward a fixed counter contact element than an opposite counter switching direction in which the contact element moves away from the fixed counter contact element, the first spring element positioned closer to the fixed counter contact element than the second spring element and having a lower rigidity in the actuation section than the second spring element in a direction perpendicular to the first and second spring elements.