Method for determining the absolute position of an element rotatable relative to magnetosensitive sensors, to which element a magnetic field source is fastened, the magnetic properties of which are established by the magnetosensitive sensors by virtue of a first sensor signal being measured by a first magnetosensitive sensor and a second sensor signal being measured by a second magnetosensitive sensor, wherein the first sensor signal and the second sensor signal represent a component of the magnetic field and the sensor signals (101, 102) have a phase offset φ in the range of 0° <φ <180° or 180° <φ <360°, wherein provision is made - for amplitude ratios to be determined by dividing a predetermined signal swing by a difference between a maximum value and a minimum value of the respective sensor signals (101, 102), - for offset values (103, 104) about the respective zero of the sensor signals (101, 102) to be determined from the minimum and maximum values of the sensor signals (101, 102), - for normalized sensor signals (107, 108) to be calculated by subtracting the offset values from the sensor signals (101, 102) and by normalization with the amplitude ratios, wherein the minimum and maximum values are determined by a relative movement of the element and the magnetic field source fastened thereto over a full rotation of 360° while simultaneously registering the sensor signals (101, 102) from both sensors (1, 2), - for a sum signal and a difference signal to be formed from the normalized sensor signals (107, 108), - for the sum signal and the different signal to be normalized (113, 114) in turn after determining the amplitude ratio, wherein the minimum and maximum values are determined by relative movement of the element and the magnetic field source fastened thereto over a full rotation of 360° while simultaneously measuring the sum signal and the difference signal and evaluating the minimum and maximum values of the sum signal and of the difference signal, and - for an absolute position of the magnetic field source to be calculated by means of the normalized sum signal and the normalized difference signal. - for amplitude ratios to be determined by dividing a predetermined signal swing by a difference between a maximum value and a minimum value of the respective sensor signals (101, 102), - for offset values (103, 104) about the respective zero of the sensor signals (101, 102) to be determined from the minimum and maximum values of the sensor signals (101, 102), - for normalized sensor signals (107, 108) to be calculated by subtracting the offset values from the sensor signals (101, 102) and by normalization with the amplitude ratios, wherein the minimum and maximum values are determined by a relative movement of the element and the magnetic field source fastened thereto over a full rotation of 360° while simultaneously registering the sensor signals (101, 102) from both sensors (1, 2), - for a sum signal and a difference signal to be formed from the normalized sensor signals (107, 108), - for the sum signal and the different signal to be normalized (113, 114) in turn after determining the amplitude ratio, wherein the minimum and maximum values are determined by relative movement of the element and the magnetic field source fastened thereto over a full rotation of 360° while simultaneously measuring the sum signal and the difference signal and evaluating the minimum and maximum values of the sum signal and of the difference signal, and - for an absolute position of the magnetic field source to be calculated by means of the normalized sum signal and the normalized difference signal.