Horst Lademacher

Horst Lademacher (born 13 July 1931) is a German historian specializing in the history of the Netherlands. He was a professor of modern history at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, University of Kassel and the University of Münster. At the latter institute he was also director of the Zentrum für Niederlande-Studien from 1990 to 2000.

Career Lademacher was born on 13 July 1931 in Ründeroth. In 1957 he obtained his doctorate at the University of Münster with a dissertation titled: "Die Stellung des Prinzen von Oranien als Statthalter in den Niederlanden von 1572-1584", about the position of William of Orange as stadtholder in the Netherlands from 1572 to 1584. From 1958 to 1962 he worked as a scientific employee at the International Institute of Social History. He subsequently worked two years for the European Economic Community in Brussels.

Since the 1950s Lademacher studied the history of the Netherlands. He speaks Dutch. In 1996 he was named Officer in the Order of Orange-Nassau.