I've always known them as navigational markers.

At sea we call them seamarks (as opposed to "Landmarks"). I'm not sure what they're called on rivers. 

If they float then they're bouys, if they're fixed then they're beacons.

The closest translation for this particular type - on an inland river, and fixed - would probably be a navigational beacon.




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On 19 March 2015 at 12:57, Charles Matthews <charles.r.matthews@ntlworld.com> wrote:
Does anyone of the messing-around-in-boats persuasion have an English translation for this German term, meaning a waterway sign on a pile?

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiffe

Charles

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