An electric shielding contact device in the form of a hollow cylinder that has a contact section and a crimping section. The contact section serves to electrically contact the electric shielding contact device with an electric counter contact. The crimping section serves to attach the electric shielding contact device to an electrical cable upon crimping of the crimping section and has a gaping opening shaped and sized to become a slit when the crimping section of is crimped and the electric shielding contact device attached to the electrical cable.