A measuring device (1) for measuring the position of a first body (2) to a second body (3) comprises a scale band (4) that can be attached to the first body (2) and that comprises a marker, wherein the measuring device (1) comprises two marker detection sensors (5, 6) that can be attached to the second body (3), wherein the marker is formed by a pattern out of marker stripes (7), which transitions (8) between a first position (9) of the scale band (4) and a second position (10) are respectively arranged predetermined inclined to the transversal direction (12) of the scale band (4) in such a respective inclination angle (13) that each of the inclination angles (13) has a value that differs from the values of the other inclination angles, and wherein the scale band (4) is divided into a first trace (17) and into a second trace (18).

A measuring device (1) for measuring the position of a first body (2) to a second body (3) comprises a scale band (4) that can be attached to the first body (2) and that comprises a marker, wherein the measuring device (1) comprises two marker detection sensors (5, 6) that can be attached to the second body (3), wherein the marker is formed by a pattern out of marker stripes (7), which transitions (8) between a first position (9) of the scale band (4) and a second position (10) are respectively arranged predetermined inclined to the transversal direction (12) of the scale band (4) in such a respective inclination angle (13) that each of the inclination angles (13) has a value that differs from the values of the other inclination angles, and wherein the scale band (4) is divided into a first trace (17) and into a second trace (18).