The VdS-certified bar switching contact monitors the latches of doors, gates, safes, etc. The electromechanical contact with a watertight micro-switch is inserted into the door frame and activates the locking bar when the door is latched. The actuating lever can be individually shaped in such a way that contact is made with a wide variety of bars. Inserting the cylinder pin into the switching lever makes it possible to install the bar switching contact to the side of the lock-bar section.