The invention relates to a winding device (14) for enveloping or packaging in particular agricultural harvest bales (15), comprising a winding base (10) for receiving and for rotating the pressed harvest bale (15) and a guiding frame (13) for at least one winding material carrier (11, 12) for wrapping the bale (15) located on the winding base (10) with a web-shaped winding material (22, 23), wherein the height of the guiding frame (13, 46, 64) can be adjusted in order to set the center (20, 21) of the winding material (22, 23) approximately at the height of the center (16) of the harvest bale (15) to be wrapped. According to the invention, in order to adapt winding devices (14, 28, 59) comprising a guiding frame (13, 46, 64) to bales (15, 29, 68) having different bale diameters, the guiding frame (913, 46, 64) can be pivoted about a horizontal axis (26, 51, 69) located in parallel to the rotational axis (16, 32, 49, 53, 56, 57, 67) of the harvest bale.
