Balow

{{Other uses|Balow (surname)}}

{{Infobox German location

|image_photo = Balow Kirche 2008-04-28 120.jpg

|imagesize =

|image_caption = Balow village church

|image_coa =

|coordinates = {{coord|53|16|N|11|43|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|image_plan =Balow_in_LUP.svg

|state = Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

|district = Ludwigslust-Parchim

|Amt = Grabow

|elevation = 33

|area = 12.83

|postal_code = 19300

|area_code = 038752

|licence = LUP, HGN, LBZ, LWL, PCH, STB

|Gemeindeschlüssel = 13 0 76 003

|website = [http://www.amt-grabow.de www.amt-grabow.de]

|mayor = Krimhild Kant

}}

Balow ({{Langx|pl|Bielów}}){{Cite web |title=Altas nazw geograficznych słowianszczyny zachodniej |url=http://web.archive.org/web/20140714154235/http://www.mapywig.org/m_documents/PL/ATLAS_NAZW_GEOGRAFICZNYCH_SLOWIANSZCZYZNY_ZACHODNIEJ_ZESZYT_IIA.pdf}} is a municipality in the Ludwigslust-Parchim district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

Balow was developed as an East German model village, and is known for its community sports programs. A machine shop in Balow produces transport boxes for the assembly lines of large companies, including Daimler Benz.{{Citation|title=Von wegen Kaff - Wie Dörfer ihre Zukunft leben {{!}} die nordstory {{!}} NDR|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=za__fAOeXBQ|language=en|access-date=2019-09-29}}