Abstract: An arrangement for tightening screw connections comprises a screw spindle turnable by a screw tool, at least two-stage rotary drive for the screw spindle, the drive providing a coarse driving for pre-tightening of a screw connection and a fine driving for obtaining the desired screwing condition, a measuring value pick up for obtaining measuring values which correspond to a value of an available screwing condition, a control device for providing switching signals for the rotary drive in dependence on the measuring values determined by the measuring value pick up, the screw spindle being subdivided into at least three spindle parts, including a first spindle part connected with the drive motor for providing the coarse driving, a second spindle part, and a third spindle part, and an auxiliary drive providing the fine driving and having a drive element which together with the auxiliary drive form an independently operating structural unit which forms the second spindle part and is integrated between the first sp