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Number of years for which principally collateralized loans are amortized.

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Percentage of appraised value of residential real estate loans.

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The amount of the outstanding recorded investment related to financing receivables that have been modified by troubled debt restructurings.

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Amount of interest income recognized on a cash-basis method of accounting that the financing receivables (with related allowance for credit losses and without a related allowance for credit losses) were impaired.

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Loans And Allowance For Loan Losses (Narrative) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2012	Jun. 30, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Line Items]
Loan returned to accrual status, performance required, months		6 months
Number of TDRs past due and classified as non-performing	3	3	1
Number of relationships to loans classified as troubled debt restructurings	4	4	2
Percentage of commercial real estate mortgage portfolio	32.80%	32.80%
Impaired Financing Receivable, Interest Income, Cash Basis Method	$ 0	$ 49
Commercial Real Estate Mortgages [Member]
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Line Items]
Period of fixed rate interest before transition to variable rate		5 years
Lodging Industry [Member]
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Line Items]
Loans receivable	103,473	103,473	99,345
Maximum [Member]
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Line Items]
Percentage of appraised value of residential real estate loans		80.00%
Maximum [Member] \| Commercial Real Estate Mortgages [Member]
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Line Items]
Number of years for which principally collateralized loans are amortized		20 years
Maximum [Member] \| Residential Real Estate Mortgages [Member]
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Line Items]
Number of years for which principally collateralized loans are amortized		30 years
Minimum [Member] \| Commercial Real Estate Mortgages [Member]
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Line Items]
Number of years for which principally collateralized loans are amortized		15 years
Minimum [Member] \| Residential Real Estate Mortgages [Member]
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Line Items]
Number of years for which principally collateralized loans are amortized		10 years
Real Estate Secured Loans [Member]
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Line Items]
Number of loans, classified as TDRs, to relationships	5	5	4
Loans to relationships classified as TDRs, Total	1,026	1,026	913
TDRs past due and classified as non-performing, total amount	$ 154	$ 154	82
Commercial And Industrial [Member]
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Line Items]
Number of loans, classified as TDRs, to relationships	2	2