In the 1870s, this room was also arranged for accommodating the castle’s guests, albeit in a different way. It was the billiard room where the gentlemen could retreat and discuss the defining political developments of the time.
Imagine a smoke‑filled parlor, dim lighting from petroleum lamps, open cigar boxes, spittoons, dark furnishings, bookshelves against the walls, complemented by classic board games, calculation and writing tables – with the furniture and occupants surrounding a billiard table in the center of the room.
When the following generation took over under Count Julius and Jessie at the end of the 19th century, a spiral staircase was constructed in the northeast corner of the room in a “secret” area, leading down to the library on the ground floor. At the lowest level, Julius had arranged the staircase’s exit via a specially constructed cabinet.

During this time, the room became Countess Jessie’s bedroom, and the arrangement continued well into the 20th century, when the later Countess Eleonora used the room in the same way after her husband’s death in 1946 – she remained here until her death in 1973.