Loans And Allowance For Loan Losses (Summary Of Troubled Debt Restructures) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014 loan	Dec. 31, 2013 loan
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of Loans	2	6
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 130	$ 369
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	127	363
Commercial Loans [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of Loans	2	3
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	130	173
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	127	166
Commercial Real Estate [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of Loans	1	3
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	30	173
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	30	166
Commercial and Industrial Receivable [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of Loans	0	0
Agricultural and Other Loans to Farmers [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of Loans	1	0
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	100
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	97
Consumer Loans [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of Loans	0	3
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment		196
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment		197
Residential Real Estate Mortgages [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of Loans	0	1
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment		166
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment		164
Home Equity Loan [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of Loans	0	1
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment		16
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment		20
Other Consumer Loans [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of Loans	0	1
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment		14
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment		$ 13

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