Loans (Schedule Of Troubled Debt Restructurings Within The Previous 12 Months) (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2018 USD ($) loan	Jun. 30, 2017 USD ($) loan	Jun. 30, 2018 USD ($) loan	Jun. 30, 2017 USD ($) loan
General C&I
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number \| loan	1	2	1	3
Recorded Investment \| $	$ 258	$ 2,228	$ 258	$ 8,007
C&I
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number \| loan	1	2	1	3
Recorded Investment \| $	$ 258	$ 2,228	$ 258	$ 8,007
HELOC
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number \| loan	2	0	4	4
Recorded Investment \| $	$ 95	$ 0	$ 164	$ 685
R/E installment loans
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number \| loan	1		1
Recorded Investment \| $	$ 25		$ 25
Consumer real estate
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number \| loan	3	0	5	4
Recorded Investment \| $	$ 120	$ 0	$ 189	$ 685
Permanent mortgage
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number \| loan	1	1	2	1
Recorded Investment \| $	$ 293	$ 538	$ 405	$ 538
Credit card & other
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number \| loan	12	1	26	3
Recorded Investment \| $	$ 75	$ 11	$ 156	$ 18
Total troubled debt restructurings
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number \| loan	17	4	34	11
Recorded Investment \| $	$ 746	$ 2,777	$ 1,008	$ 9,248

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Number of financing receivables that have been modified by troubled debt restructurings within the previous 12 months and for which there was a payment default.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 310
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 34
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=84173941&loc=SL6953682-111524

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