Fair Value (Details Textual) $ in Thousands	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Valuation allowance for impaired loans	$ 34	$ 625
Provision for impaired loan losses		(294)
Other real estate owned	520	1,880
Impaired Loans [Member] \| Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Fair Value	140	3,882
Valuation allowance for impaired loans	$ 34	$ 625
Fair Value Measurements Unobservable Inputs	Discount rate for age of appraisal and market conditions	Discount rate for age of appraisal and market conditions
Other Real Estate [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Real estate, other deductions	$ 527	$ 951
Other Real Estate [Member] \| Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Fair Value	520	1,880
Other real estate owned	$ 500	$ 1,900
Fair Value Measurements Unobservable Inputs	Discount rate for age of appraisal and market conditions	Discount rate for age of appraisal and market conditions
State and Municipal Obligation [Member] \| Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Fair Value	$ 3,135	$ 3,680
Fair Value Measurements Unobservable Inputs	Discount rate Probability of default	Discount rate Probability of default
Commercial Real Estate [Member] \| Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Fair Value	$ 300	$ 1,700
Residential Real Estate [Member] \| Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Fair Value	$ 217	$ 212
Measurement Input, Discount Rate [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Other Real Estate, measurement input	0.00
Measurement Input, Discount Rate [Member] \| Minimum [Member] \| Impaired Loans [Member] \| Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Impaired loans, measurement input	0.0000	0.0000
Measurement Input, Discount Rate [Member] \| Minimum [Member] \| Other Real Estate [Member] \| Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Other Real Estate, measurement input	0.0500	0.0500
Measurement Input, Discount Rate [Member] \| Minimum [Member] \| State and Municipal Obligation [Member] \| Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
State and Municipal Obligations, measurement input	0.0305	0.0305
Measurement Input, Discount Rate [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Other Real Estate, measurement input	0.50
Measurement Input, Discount Rate [Member] \| Maximum [Member] \| Impaired Loans [Member] \| Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Impaired loans, measurement input	0.5000	0.5000
Measurement Input, Discount Rate [Member] \| Maximum [Member] \| Other Real Estate [Member] \| Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Other Real Estate, measurement input	0.2000	0.2000
Measurement Input, Discount Rate [Member] \| Maximum [Member] \| State and Municipal Obligation [Member] \| Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
State and Municipal Obligations, measurement input	0.0550	0.0550

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