The invention relates to a method for recognizing a rotor imbalance condition of a rotor of a
wind power installation, comprising: detecting vibration signals as
signal change curves over time in a detection time period, wherein at least
longitudinal vibration signals are detected, which reproduce vibrations of the
tower in longitudinal direction, i.e. along the rotor axis, and / or transversal vibration signals are detected, which reproduce vibrations of the
tower in transversal direction, i.e. transversal to the rotor axis. The method further comprises determining a 1
P component from the detected vibration signals, wherein a 1P
longitudinal vibration component is determined from the
longitudinal vibration signals and / or a 1P transversal vibration component is determined from the transversal vibration signals, respectively, the 1
P component being determined such that it contains information about the magnitude and the phase, respectively, and the phase relates to the rotational position of the rotor, respectively. The method further comprises determining an imbalance condition from the 1
P component, the imbalance condition comprising a
mass imbalance and a blade angle imbalance, and determining the imbalance condition according to at least one imbalance model.