Loans (Schedule Of Troubled Debt Restructurings Within The Previous 12 Months) (Details) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($) number	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) number
General C I [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number \| number	1	0
Recorded Investment \| $	$ 77	$ 0
Residential C R E [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number \| number	0	1
Recorded Investment \| $	$ 0	$ 896
Home Equity [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number \| number	3	7
Recorded Investment \| $	$ 154	$ 308
R E Installment Loans [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number \| number	3	5
Recorded Investment \| $	$ 1,560	$ 185
Commercial Financial And Industrial Portfolio Segment [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number \| number	1	0
Recorded Investment \| $	$ 77	$ 0
Commercial Real Estate Portfolio Segment [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number \| number	0	1
Recorded Investment \| $	$ 0	$ 896
Consumer Real Estate Portfolio Segment [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number \| number	6	12
Recorded Investment \| $	$ 1,714	$ 493
Credit Card And Other Portfolio Segment [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number \| number	0	5
Recorded Investment \| $	$ 0	$ 12
Troubled Debt Restructurings That Subsequently Defaulted [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number \| number	7	18
Recorded Investment \| $	$ 1,791	$ 1,401

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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=66008989&loc=SL6953682-111524

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