CLAMPING AND HOLDING APPARATUS

The invention relates to a tensioning and holding apparatus (6) having at least one tensioning means (12a, 12b, 13a, 13b) for a cubic or cuboidal object (1) of variable geometry and/or dimensions that can be fixed by pretensioning, wherein the object has a respective end plate (4, 5) at two opposite ends. According to the object of the invention, this tensioning and holding apparatus should be able to be mounted particularly easily and be produced cost-effectively. To that end, it is provided that, at least at one of the end plates, two laterally oppositeattachments (7, 8; 14, 15) that extend perpendicularly to the stacking and pretensioning direction (3) and parallel to one another and are intended to receive a respective associated holding rod (19, 20; 21, 22) are arranged or formed, that the attachments laterally protrude from the respective end plate, that the attachments, in their longitudinal direction, have cutouts (10a, 10b, 11a, 11b; 17a, 17b; 18a, 18b) for guiding one or more tensioning means (12a, 12b; 13a, 13b) that wrap around the holding rods and are in the form of endless elastic bands, that the holding rods are in force-fitting engagement with the respective attachments (7, 8; 14, 15) in the pretensioned state of the object (1), and that the end plates (4, 5) are braced against one another by means of the at least one tensioning means (12a, 12b; 13a, 13b).