The hitch (10) has a one-piece cross beam (14) transverse to a driving direction (12) of a motor vehicle and covered by a rear bumper. Side beams extend from the cross beam in the driving direction for connecting the cross beam with a vehicle body, and a mounting base is arranged the cross beam. The cross beam has upper and lower parts (60, 62) connected by a strutting element (66). Each side beam has a flange part lying on and connected with the upper part and/or lower part in an overlapping region (84), which runs parallel to the longitudinal direction of the cross beam.
