The Adamstaler Hof was named after Adam Haßloch, who built a farm on the Müllerwiese in 1804. According to the ideas of the Nassau government president, Karl Friedrich Justus Emil von Ibell, a series of model farms were to be established where farmers could learn about new agricultural techniques. The necessary know-how and equipment initially had to be acquired abroad.

The Hofwil school near Bern, established in 1808 by the Swiss educationalist Philipp Emanuel von Fellenberg, was chosen as the training center. One of three scholarship holders from the Nassau government was the landlord of the Adamstaler Hof. Haßloch was self-taught and had studied numerous theoretical writings and had many years of practical experience. He had also applied the latest techniques to the cultivation of his land at an early stage. In 1807, he submitted a proposal to the government to use the Adamstaler Hof as a practical educational institution. After his stay at the Swiss educational institution, Haßloch introduced the new cultivation and livestock breeding methods to the Adamstal farm and also exhibited a large number of new farming implements. Today, the former farmstead is used as a stud farm and riding school.