Loans (Schedule Of Troubled Debt Restructurings Occurring During The Year) (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2017 USD ($) number	Mar. 31, 2016 USD ($) number
General C I [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number \| number	1	1
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 27	$ 708
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 37	$ 708
Commercial Financial And Industrial Portfolio Segment [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number \| number	1	1
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 27	$ 708
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 37	$ 708
Home Equity [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number \| number	35	99
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 2,589	$ 7,440
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 2,473	$ 7,370
R E Installment Loans [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number \| number	14	15
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 957	$ 898
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 902	$ 895
Consumer Real Estate Portfolio Segment [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number \| number	49	114
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 3,546	$ 8,338
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 3,375	$ 8,265
Permanent Mortgage Portfolio Segment [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number \| number	5	0
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 1,310	$ 0
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 1,303	$ 0
Credit Card And Other Portfolio Segment [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number \| number	6	4
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 21	$ 19
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 20	$ 18
Troubled Debt Restructurings [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number \| number	61	119
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 4,904	$ 9,065
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 4,735	$ 8,991

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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=66008989&loc=SL6953676-111524

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