Allowance for loan losses and credit quality New Troubled Debt Restructured Loans (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($) loans	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($) loans	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($) loans	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($) loans
Residential Real Estate [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
New TDRs, Number of Loans \| loans	3	5	6	5
New TDRs, Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 89	$ 504	$ 278	$ 504
New TDRs, Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 99	$ 511	$ 295	$ 511
Commercial Real Estate [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
New TDRs, Number of Loans \| loans	4	0	6	2
New TDRs, Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 643	$ 0	$ 803	$ 281
New TDRs, Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 647	$ 0	$ 807	$ 281

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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 33
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=49124121&loc=SL6953676-111524

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