Business Combinations	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2019
Business Combinations [Abstract]
Business Combinations	Business Combinations Pending Acquisition On February 21, 2019, the Company entered into an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization with Citizens First Corporation (“Citizens First”), pursuant to which Citizens First agreed to merge with and into the Company. The merger agreement also provides that Citizens First’s wholly-owned banking subsidiary, Citizens First Bank, Inc. will be merged with and into the Company’s subsidiary bank, German American Bank, immediately following the holding company merger. Based on the number of Citizens First common shares expected to be outstanding at closing, the Company would issue approximately 1.7 million shares of its common stock, and pay approximately $16 million cash, for all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Citizens First. Based upon the $31.59 per share closing price of the Company’s common shares on February 20, 2019, the last business day prior to the public announcement of the mergers, the transaction has an aggregate indicated value of approximately $68.2 million. Completion of the mergers is subject to approval by regulatory authorities and Citizens First’s shareholders, as well as certain other closing conditions. The transaction is expected to be completed in the third quarter of 2019. Citizens First is a bank holding company headquartered in Bowling Green, Kentucky. It operates, through Citizens First Bank, Inc., branch offices in Barren, Hart, Simpson and Warren Counties in Kentucky. At December 31, 2018, Citizens First reported total assets of approximately $476 million, total loans of approximately $372 million, and total deposits of approximately $389 million. This pending acquisition will be consistent with the Company's strategy to build a regional presence in central and western Kentucky. The acquisition offers the Company the opportunity to increase profitability by introducing existing products and services to the acquired customer base as well as add new customers in the expanded region.

Business Combinations

Pending Acquisition

On February 21, 2019, the Company entered into an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization with Citizens First Corporation (“Citizens First”), pursuant to which Citizens First agreed to merge with and into the Company. The merger agreement also provides that Citizens First’s wholly-owned banking subsidiary, Citizens First Bank, Inc. will be merged with and into the Company’s subsidiary bank, German American Bank, immediately following the holding company merger. Based on the number of Citizens First common shares expected to be outstanding at closing, the Company would issue approximately 1.7 million shares of its common stock, and pay approximately $16 million cash, for all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Citizens First. Based upon the $31.59 per share closing price of the Company’s common shares on February 20, 2019, the last business day prior to the public announcement of the mergers, the transaction has an aggregate indicated value of approximately $68.2 million. Completion of the mergers is subject to approval by regulatory authorities and Citizens First’s shareholders, as well as certain other closing conditions. The transaction is expected to be completed in the third quarter of 2019.

Citizens First is a bank holding company headquartered in Bowling Green, Kentucky. It operates, through Citizens First Bank, Inc., branch offices in Barren, Hart, Simpson and Warren Counties in Kentucky. At December 31, 2018, Citizens First reported total assets of approximately $476 million, total loans of approximately $372 million, and total deposits of approximately $389 million.

This pending acquisition will be consistent with the Company's strategy to build a regional presence in central and western Kentucky. The acquisition offers the Company the opportunity to increase profitability by introducing existing products and services to the acquired customer base as well as add new customers in the expanded region.