Position detection sensor having - a first radio transponder designed as a location sensor and able to be attached to an object to be detected, which transponder has - a transceiver unit, connected to an antenna, for exchanging data via a radio transponder interface, - a storage unit for persistent data storage that is able to be read and/or able to be written to by way of base stations of an RFID-based position detection system and in which at least one transponder identifier is stored, and - a battery or a rechargeable battery as a power source that is able to be connected to the transceiver unit and the storage unit, - wherein the first radio transponder is selectively able to be switched into a standby state with reduced power consumption and into an active operating state with full functionality and - wherein the first radio transponder is designed and configured so as to establish at least one radio connection for position detection with at least one base station in the active operating state, - a second radio transponder designed as a UHF transponder and able to be supplied with power inductively by a UHF transponder reader and that is electrically connected to the first radio transponder, and has - a transceiver unit, connected to an antenna, for exchanging data via a radio transponder interface and - a storage unit for persistent data storage that is able to be read and/or able to be written to by way of second radio transponder readers and in which at least one transponder identifier is stored, - wherein the second radio transponder is designed and configured so as, upon entry into a detection range of a second radio transponder reader, to switch the first radio transponder from the standby state into the active operating state. - a first radio transponder designed as a location sensor and able to be attached to an object to be detected, which transponder has - a transceiver unit, connected to an antenna, for exchanging data via a radio transponder interface, - a storage unit for persistent data storage that is able to be read and/or able to be written to by way of base stations of an RFID-based position detection system and in which at least one transponder identifier is stored, and - a battery or a rechargeable battery as a power source that is able to be connected to the transceiver unit and the storage unit, - wherein the first radio transponder is selectively able to be switched into a standby state with reduced power consumption and into an active operating state with full functionality and - wherein the first radio transponder is designed and configured so as to establish at least one radio connection for position detection with at least one base station in the active operating state, - a transceiver unit, connected to an antenna, for exchanging data via a radio transponder interface, - a storage unit for persistent data storage that is able to be read and/or able to be written to by way of base stations of an RFID-based position detection system and in which at least one transponder identifier is stored, and - a battery or a rechargeable battery as a power source that is able to be connected to the transceiver unit and the storage unit, - wherein the first radio transponder is selectively able to be switched into a standby state with reduced power consumption and into an active operating state with full functionality and - wherein the first radio transponder is designed and configured so as to establish at least one radio connection for position detection with at least one base station in the active operating state, - a second radio transponder designed as a UHF transponder and able to be supplied with power inductively by a UHF transponder reader and that is electrically connected to the first radio transponder, and has - a transceiver unit, connected to an antenna, for exchanging data via a radio transponder interface and - a storage unit for persistent data storage that is able to be read and/or able to be written to by way of second radio transponder readers and in which at least one transponder identifier is stored, - wherein the second radio transponder is designed and configured so as, upon entry into a detection range of a second radio transponder reader, to switch the first radio transponder from the standby state into the active operating state. - a transceiver unit, connected to an antenna, for exchanging data via a radio transponder interface and - a storage unit for persistent data storage that is able to be read and/or able to be written to by way of second radio transponder readers and in which at least one transponder identifier is stored, - wherein the second radio transponder is designed and configured so as, upon entry into a detection range of a second radio transponder reader, to switch the first radio transponder from the standby state into the active operating state.