Loans (Schedule Of Troubled Debt Restructurings Occurring During The Year) (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2016 USD ($) number	Mar. 31, 2015 USD ($) number
General C I [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number \| number	1	2
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 708	$ 1,388
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 708	$ 1,325
Commercial Financial And Industrial Portfolio Segment [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number \| number	1	2
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 708	$ 1,388
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 708	$ 1,325
Home Equity [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number \| number	99	37
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 7,440	$ 3,727
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 7,370	$ 3,707
R E Installment Loans [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number \| number	15	16
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 898	$ 1,354
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 895	$ 1,377
Consumer Real Estate Portfolio Segment [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number \| number	114	53
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 8,338	$ 5,081
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 8,265	$ 5,084
Permanent Mortgage Portfolio Segment [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number \| number	0	2
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 0	$ 321
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 0	$ 321
Credit Card And Other Portfolio Segment [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number \| number	4	6
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 19	$ 28
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 18	$ 27
Troubled Debt Restructurings [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number \| number	119	63
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 9,065	$ 6,818
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 8,991	$ 6,757

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 310
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 33
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=49124121&loc=SL6953676-111524

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