The service sector, e.g, banking, information technology and tourism, is Germany's largest employer. Fishing is an important industry. The main fishing ports are in Bremen, Bremerhaven and Cuxhaven. Catches include herring, mackerel and cod. Rainbow trout is caught in the rivers.
Agricultural produce includes wheat, barley, potatoes, fruit, cabbages and milk.
THE ARTS Germany has an impressive list of famous musicians including Bach , Handel, Beethoven , Richard Wagner , and Carl Orff. Germany also has a strong tradition in fine art with artists such as Albrecht Durer the Renaissance artist and the Holbein family of artists. The Bauhaus , a famous German art school, was set up in 1919 under Walter Gropius. It united fine art and the school of art and crafts with the aim of art and industry working together hand in hand. More recently Gunter Grass , author of The Tin Drum, was 1999's winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature and thought to be one of Germany's greatest writers.