A theme park in Germany has closed one of its rides over complaints that it resembled rotating swastikas.

Key points: The park's managing director, Rudiger Braun, said the ride's resemblance to swastikas was not obvious from the manufacturer's sketches

The park's managing director, Rudiger Braun, said the ride's resemblance to swastikas was not obvious from the manufacturer's sketches He said its Italian manufacturer would be paying for half of the cost of the rebuild

He said its Italian manufacturer would be paying for half of the cost of the rebuild The new ride will feature three seats per arm instead of four

The Eagle Flight ride featured two arms each supporting four "gondolas" that looked like swastikas when in motion.

The owners of the Tatzmania amusement park in Loffingen, south-west Germany, said they shut the ride, which opened in late July, after the mistake was pointed out on social media.

The park's managing director, Rudiger Braun, told Bild Newspaper: "We didn't notice the gondolas are in the form of a swastika.

"It wasn't obvious from the manufacturer's sketches."

Mr Braun added that half of the cost to rebuild the ride would fall to the ride's Italian manufacturer.

When rebuilt, Mr Braun told the publication the ride would feature three seats per arm, compared with four as there were before.

The ride had opened in late July. ( ABC News )

The park's managing director later told the European Broadcasting Union: "I would like to emphasise that I would like to apologise ... to all persons who feel disturbed and insulted by our design.

"We will have this problem under control," he said.

"It was wise of the operator to react so quickly," Michael Wehner of the regional government agency for political education told The Daily Telegraph.

"Displaying prohibited symbols is an offence, and sooner or later someone would have filed a complaint."