Abstract: A method for producing a magnetic multipole encoder with a carrier and at least one track made from a magnetizable material, in which the track made from magnetizable material is provided with strip-shaped magnetization of alternating polarity via the effect of an externally applied magnetic field. In a first step, the magnetic track is premagnetized with a uniform polarity and, in a second step, the polarity of the premagnetized track is reversed in strip-shaped regions. The method of the invention permits not only the use of simplified magnetization tools, but it can also be carried out faster and affords pole separations of the highest accuracy without additional optimization and adaptation steps.