Magnetic position measuring device having a magnetic scale (10; 110) and a scanning unit (20; 120) movable relative thereto in at least one measuring direction (x), - the magnetic scale (10; 110) having scale regions (11a, 11b; 111a, 111b) with oppositely oriented magnetization that are arranged with a uniform grid dimension P, the grid dimension P specifying the extent of the scale region (11a, 11b; 111a, 111b) along the measuring direction (x), and - the scanning unit (20; 120) having at least one first detector elementary cell (21.1) that comprises three strip-shaped, magnetoresistive detector elements (21.1a - 21.1c) which are arranged at a distance from one another in the measuring direction (x), the longitudinal directions (y) of the detector elements (21.1a - 21.1c) each being oriented perpendicular to the measuring direction (x), characterized - in that detector elements (21.1a - 21.1c) in the first detector elementary cell (21.1) that are adjacent to one another in the measuring direction (x) have a distance D x = P/12 from one another, and - in that the central detector element (21.1b) has a length L b in its longitudinal direction (y) that is greater than the length L a, L c of the two outer detector elements (21.1a, 21.1c), the two outer detector elements (21.1a, 21.1c) each having a detector element length L a = L c = L b /√3, and - in that the scanning unit (20; 120) has at least one first detector block (22.1) which consists of the first detector elementary cell (21.1) and a second detector elementary cell (21.2) which has an identical design to the first detector elementary cell (21.1), the second detector elementary cell (21.2) - being arranged offset to the first detector elementary cell (21.1) in the measuring direction (x) by the measuring direction offset value V_DE x = P/6 and - being arranged offset to the first detector elementary cell (21.1) perpendicular to the measuring direction (x) by the transverse offset value V_DE y = L b + Δ1 such that the first detector block (22.1) has a detector block length L_DB y = 2.L b + Δ1 in the longitudinal direction (y) of the detector elements (21.1a - 21.1c; 21.2a - 21.2c), and where Δ1 = [10 μm - 100 μm] has been chosen. - the magnetic scale (10; 110) having scale regions (11a, 11b; 111a, 111b) with oppositely oriented magnetization that are arranged with a uniform grid dimension P, the grid dimension P specifying the extent of the scale region (11a, 11b; 111a, 111b) along the measuring direction (x), and - the scanning unit (20; 120) having at least one first detector elementary cell (21.1) that comprises three strip-shaped, magnetoresistive detector elements (21.1a - 21.1c) which are arranged at a distance from one another in the measuring direction (x), the longitudinal directions (y) of the detector elements (21.1a - 21.1c) each being oriented perpendicular to the measuring direction (x), characterized - in that detector elements (21.1a - 21.1c) in the first detector elementary cell (21.1) that are adjacent to one another in the measuring direction (x) have a distance D x = P/12 from one another, and - in that the central detector element (21.1b) has a length L b in its longitudinal direction (y) that is greater than the length L a, L c of the two outer detector elements (21.1a, 21.1c), the two outer detector elements (21.1a, 21.1c) each having a detector element length L a = L c = L b /√3, and - in that the scanning unit (20; 120) has at least one first detector block (22.1) which consists of the first detector elementary cell (21.1) and a second detector elementary cell (21.2) which has an identical design to the first detector elementary cell (21.1), the second detector elementary cell (21.2) - being arranged offset to the first detector elementary cell (21.1) in the measuring direction (x) by the measuring direction offset value V_DE x = P/6 and - being arranged offset to the first detector elementary cell (21.1) perpendicular to the measuring direction (x) by the transverse offset value V_DE y = L b + Δ1 such that the first detector block (22.1) has a detector block length L_DB y = 2.L b + Δ1 in the longitudinal direction (y) of the detector elements (21.1a - 21.1c; 21.2a - 21.2c), and where Δ1 = [10 μm - 100 μm] has been chosen.