(Schedule Of Troubled Debt Restructurings Occurring During The Year) (Details) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($) loan	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($) loan
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number \| loan	327	332
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 23,775	$ 54,994
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 23,328	$ 53,167
C&I
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number \| loan	5	8
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 1,095	$ 23,876
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 1,086	$ 22,026
C&I \| General C&I
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number \| loan	5	8
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 1,095	$ 23,876
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 1,086	$ 22,026
Commercial Real Estate
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number \| loan	1	1
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 199	$ 100
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 198	$ 99
Commercial Real Estate \| Income CRE
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number \| loan	1	1
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 199	$ 100
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 198	$ 99
Consumer Real Estate
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number \| loan	196	287
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 16,831	$ 26,091
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 16,449	$ 26,130
Consumer Real Estate \| Home Equity Line of Credit
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number \| loan	143	236
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 12,739	$ 21,173
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 12,422	$ 20,937
Consumer Real Estate \| R/E installment loans
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number \| loan	53	51
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 4,092	$ 4,918
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 4,027	$ 5,193
Permanent Mortgage
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number \| loan	34	13
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 5,078	$ 4,811
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 5,045	$ 4,802
Credit Card and Other
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number \| loan	91	23
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 572	$ 116
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 550	$ 110

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 310
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 33
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