Gornji (Upper) Podklanec is named with reference not so much to elevation, but to direction of flow of the river Kolpa (it flows from Upper Podklanec to Lower Podklanec). This is the part of Podklanec that is closest to Vinica. Bordering Gornji Podklanec is Golek pri Vinici which extends up to the church on Žeželj.
There are several houses in Podklanec bordering Golek that had switched designation from being a part of Podklanec to becoming a part of Golek. This has made clarification of who lived in these houses difficult which still has us trying to determine which family lived where. We are currently reviewing the land registers in order to come to a definite conclusion as to which houses switched villages. Presently, the houses under review are Podklanec 27, Podklanec 34 and Podklanec 37.
The dominant surnames in Gornji Podklanec are Benec (4 houses), Moravec (3 houses) and Tomec (3 houses). This also relates well to the tax registers which shows Lovro and Jurij Benec (1674), and Ivan Moravec (1674) and Martin Moravec (1690) living in Podklanec.
Other surnames that surface in these tax registers in 1674 (Lord of Vinica) are Belavič, Boriček, Dragina, Grguraš, Karin, Kopriva Kučanič, Lilak, Merešič, Miroslavič, Miselrič, Mišič, Papa, Pecoj, Piškur, Radmilič, Radovič, Ribarič, Šokan and in 1690 (Lord of Kruppa) are Benetič, Malešič and Piškur.
Many of these surnames still exist if not as a surname, as a household name, ie. Kučan, Galteič and Mišič. This list only includes the families that lived under the control of a lord. There were those who were also free.
Below is a list of the houses of Gornji Podklanec with both the original house numbers and today’s house numbers (if the house still exists). Also included is the household name (if known) as well as some of the surnames that lived at these houses.
| Old House # | New House # | Original Name | New Name | Special Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Podklanec 16 | DNE | 1. | ||
| Podklanec 17 | DNE | Žepuhari | 2. | |
| Podklanec 18 | Podklanec 14 | Lukini | ||
| Podklanec 19 | DNE | Hamarči | 3. | |
| Podklanec 20 | Podklanec 10 | Kruheči | ||
| Podklanec 21 | Podklanec 9 | Gornji Moravci | Dolnji Moravci | |
| Podklanec 22 | Podklanec 11 | Čapori | ||
| Podklanec 23 | Podklanec 7 | Čurinovi | Moravci | |
| Podklanec 24 | Podklanec 6 | Jakopovi | ||
| Podklanec 25 | Podklanec 5 | Makarovi | ||
| Podklanec 26 | Podklanec 4 | Grgeči | ||
| Podklanec 27 | Golek 16 | |||
| Podklanec 28 | Podklanec 2 | Gornji Tomčevi | Okretovi | |
| Podklanec 29 | Podklanec 1 | Tomčevi | ||
| Podklanec 30 | Podklanec 13 | Lovreči | 4. | |
| Podklanec 34 | Golek 15 | 5. | ||
| Podklanec 36 | DNE | Mužnovi | 6. | |
| Podklanec 37 | DNE | 7. | ||
| Podklanec 40 | DNE | 8. | ||
| Podklanec 42 | Podklanec 8 | Moravci |
- This house burned down. It stood by the Majerci-Tkalčevič house at the end of the 19th century.
- This house stood by old number 16 and old number 30.
- No one knows where this house stood.
- This house burned down. Now the Žepuhar house stands here.
- No one knows where this house stood.
- This house stood above the walkway to Žežlj at the end of the village.
- This house has been gone a long while, it stood above the Okretovo (Podklanec 28) house.
- There is no church documents that ever show evidence of this house existing.