Loans (Schedule of Loans Modified as Troubled Debt Restructuring) (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2018 loan	Sep. 30, 2017 loan	Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($) loan	Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($) loan
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of Loans \| loan	0	0	0	2
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment			$ 0	$ 155
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment			$ 0	$ 155
Commercial and Industrial Loans and Leases
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of Loans \| loan			0	1
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment			$ 0	$ 127
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment			$ 0	$ 127
Commercial Real Estate Loans
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of Loans \| loan			0	1
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment			$ 0	$ 28
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment			$ 0	$ 28

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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=84173941&loc=SL6953676-111524

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