Abstract: A method of electrically conductively connecting a stranded conductor, which has a plurality of wires containing aluminum, to an electrical contact element, by means of which any oxide layers which may surround the wires are destroyed, and by means of which a component consisting of metal is fastened to the conductor by crimping. The stranded conductor is electrically conductively connected at its end to the contact point provided on the contact element while destroying the oxide layers, and the structural component integrally connected to the contact element and acting as a mechanical holding element is crimped around the stranded conductor at a distance from the contact point.