Name of the old village was Palanka, and that's the place in the middle of the village. According to legend, in which it still believes Klinci are named after the nickname of one of its inhabitants. Some Mitar, it is said, he went to Srem to sell oxen. After he sold oxen, it happened that he bought sandals with nails. As the footwear were poorly versed, that Mitar get wound in one leg the leg, and after that all peasants called him Mitar Klinčanin.
