Measuring arrangement for contactlessly detecting the distance between two components

The invention is directed to a measuring arrangement which is mounted to detect, without contact, the distance between two components which are movable relative to each other. A component 22 has at least one magnet 25 in order to obtain, with less technical complexity, a signal substantially free of noise. The other component 23 has the magnetic field sensor 28 which is surrounded by a magnet arrangement 27 and is mounted asymmetrically to this magnet arrangement. The magnetic field sensor 28 is disposed above the exit plane E of the field lines of the magnet arrangement 27. The changes of the magnetic field detected by the magnetic field sensor 28 are converted in a signal processing unit (31, 32) into a proportional electrical control signal.