Adamovská was named in 1941.
Adamov is a municipality of about 1,000 people, located six kilometres north-east of České Budějovice.
It was formed in the mid-1500s, when silver mining was developing in the vicinity; a mining settlement consisting of 60 small houses was developed and named Ungnadovské Hory (after the owner of the local land, Ondřej Ungnad ze Suneku).
It later passed into the hands of the Lords of Hradec (who owned quite a lot – see https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2026/06/04/prague-4-day-393-kunzacka/ for an example).
Of these lords, Adam II (who died in 1596) managed to get permission from Vienna for Ungnadovské Hory to have its own coat of arms. It also got a new name, Perkstadt Adamstadt, which is the source of today’s ‘Adamov’.
However, mining revenues started to dip, and the Lords were more likely to raise income by selling livestock, beer and other goods to the miners. In 1598, the estate was sold to Bohuslav Malovec of Malovice, who didn’t pay much attention to it or its workers.
The 1610s were disastrous – in 1611, Passau troops entering the error stripped the town of its food suppliers, and, in 1618-9, the Imperial Army burnt the town down and slaughtered many of its people.
By 1654, there were only 27 heads of household, and 37 households that were still completely deserted. Adamov remained impoverished and generally struggled to pay its taxes and other obligations.
After the feudal system was abolished, Adamov became part of the municipality of Hůry in 1850; having previously been dominated by German speakers, it also became predominantly Czech (by 1890, Germans were 6% of the population).
It became a separate municipality in 1922, but was merged with Rudolfov from 1943 to 1945 and from 1976 to 1990, when it became independent again.
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