A hysteresis/brake having a magnetic body (2) with an inner pole ring (4), an outer pole ring (6) and an anchor (7) with a permanently magnetic hysteresis ring (9). The hysteresis/brake further includes at least one intermediate pole ring (5, 13) radially located between the inner pole ring (4) and the outer pole ring (6). The anchor (7) additionally includes further hysteresis ring (8, 14) for each intermediate pole ring (5, 13). The hysteresis rings (8, 9, 14) are arranged in such a way that each hysteresis ring is magnetically permeated by the magnetic field between two different pole rings (4, 5, 6, 13).