Allowance For Loan Losses (Schedule Of Information Related To Average Recorded Investment And Interest Income Recognized On Impaired Loans) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items]
With no related allowance recorded, Average recorded investment	$ 5,354	$ 9,568
With no related allowance recorded, Interest income recognized	5	5
With an allowance recorded, Average recorded investment	4,242	2,706
With an allowance recorded, Interest income recognized	10	30
Residential Real Estate [Member]
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items]
With no related allowance recorded, Average recorded investment	446	456
With no related allowance recorded, Interest income recognized	0	0
With an allowance recorded, Average recorded investment	0	0
With an allowance recorded, Interest income recognized	0	0
Home equity - junior lien [Member]
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items]
With no related allowance recorded, Average recorded investment	296	297
With no related allowance recorded, Interest income recognized	0	0
With an allowance recorded, Average recorded investment	0	0
With an allowance recorded, Interest income recognized	0	0
Commercial And Industrial [Member]
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items]
With no related allowance recorded, Average recorded investment	0	0
With no related allowance recorded, Interest income recognized	0	0
With an allowance recorded, Average recorded investment	2,859	0
With an allowance recorded, Interest income recognized	0	0
Commercial Real Estate [Member]
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items]
With no related allowance recorded, Average recorded investment	4,612	8,815
With no related allowance recorded, Interest income recognized	5	5
With an allowance recorded, Average recorded investment	1,383	2,706
With an allowance recorded, Interest income recognized	10	30
Consumer Loan [Member]
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items]
With no related allowance recorded, Average recorded investment	0	0
With no related allowance recorded, Interest income recognized	0	0
With an allowance recorded, Average recorded investment	0	0
With an allowance recorded, Interest income recognized	0	0
Demand Deposit Account Overdrafts [Member]
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items]
With no related allowance recorded, Average recorded investment	0	0
With no related allowance recorded, Interest income recognized	0	0
With an allowance recorded, Average recorded investment	0	0
With an allowance recorded, Interest income recognized	$ 0	$ 0

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Amount of average investment of impaired financing receivables for which there is no related allowance for credit losses.

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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 15

-Subparagraph (c)(1)

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

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-Section 50

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-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=35738203&loc=d3e5258-111524

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