Abstract: A locking device for a container lid is provided, in particular for the lid of a storage compartment in a motor vehicle, with a spring-loaded closing cam which is arranged in a projecting manner at the free end of the lid and which, when the lid is closed, engages releasably in a latching recess of a latching recess housing arranged on the storage compartment, with a transducer element which is likewise arranged on the storage compartment and can be triggered via a central locking system with a view to locking and unlocking, and with a reversing linkage, mounted at one end on the transducer element and at the other end on the latching recess housing, for actuating a closing hook which can be pivoted into a latching opening of the closing cam.