The invention relates to an anchoring system for a wall formwork and to a method for an assembly of the anchoring system: the two wall formworks (1, 2, 3, 40) are set up opposite from each other, an anchoring rod (4) with a graduation (21) is pushed through anchoring rod bores of the two wall formworks (1, 2, 3, 40) in such a way that the end of the anchoring rod (4) that has not been pushed through has the graduation (21), the pushed-through end of the anchoring rod (4) is connected to a locking device (41) present on the rear side of the one formwork (40), the end of the anchoring rod (4) that has not been pushed through is connected to the locking device (5, 6, 7, 8, 13, 14, 15) provided here in such a manner that this connection is aligned with the selected graduation, the locking device aligned with the graduation is connected to the adjacent wall formwork (1, 2, 3).