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Financing Receivable Recorded Investment 30 Days Past Due And Still Accruing

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Loans And Allowance For Loan Losses [Line Items]

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Loans Charge Off Period

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Loans Collateralized By Liens Period

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Refers to the period of delinquency after which a loan is placed on non-accrual status

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Minimum Timely Payments Required Before Reversion To Accruing Status, period

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Number Of Loans, Classified As Troubled Debt Restructurings, To Relationships

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Number Of Relationships To Loans Classified As Troubled Debt Restructurings

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Number Of Troubled Debt Restructurings Classified As Non Accrual

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Number Of Troubled Debt Restructurings Past Due 30 Days And Still Accruing

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Number of Troubled Debt Restructurings Past Due And Classified As Non-Performing

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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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Percentage of commercial real estate mortgage portfolio.

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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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Number of financing receivables that have been modified by troubled debt restructurings within the previous 12 months and for which there was a payment default.

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Net amount of the investment in a contractual right to receive money on demand or on fixed or determinable dates that is recognized as an asset in the creditor's statement of financial position. Examples include, but are not limited to, credit card receivables, notes receivable and receivables relating to lessor's rights to payments from leases other than operating leases that have been recorded as assets. Excludes trade accounts receivable with contractual maturity of one year or less and arose from the sale of goods or services.

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Carrying amount of other real estate not separately disclosed, including, but not limited to, real estate investments, real estate loans that qualify as investments in real estate, and premises that are no longer used in operations may also be included in real estate owned. This does not include real estate assets taken in settlement of troubled loans through surrender or foreclosure.

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Loans And Allowance For Loan Losses (Narrative) (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2016 USD ($) item loan	Mar. 31, 2015 USD ($) item	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) loan	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)
Loans And Allowance For Loan Losses [Line Items]
Period of delinquency after which a loan is placed on non-accruals status	90 days
Loans charge off period	120 days
Loan returned to accrual status, performance required, months	6 months
Number of TDRs past due and classified as non-performing			6
Number of TDRs classified as non-accrual	4
Number of TDRs past due 30 days or more and still accruing	1
Defaults on loans that had been modified as TDRs \| item	0	0
Number of relationships to loans classified as troubled debt restructurings	20		17
Loans \| $	$ 529,441		$ 506,842
Loans to relationships classified as TDRs, Total \| $	3,480		3,162
Accruing loans contractually past due 30 days or more, total amount \| $	221		0
Default amounts on loans that had been modified as TDRs \| $	705		826
Total other real estate owned \| $	$ 256	$ 413	$ 256	$ 523
Minimum [Member] \| Commercial Real Estate Mortgages [Member]
Loans And Allowance For Loan Losses [Line Items]
Number of years for which principally collateralized loans are amortized	15 years
Minimum [Member] \| Residential Real Estate Mortgages [Member]
Loans And Allowance For Loan Losses [Line Items]
Number of years for which principally collateralized loans are amortized	10 years
Maximum [Member]
Loans And Allowance For Loan Losses [Line Items]
Percentage of appraised value of residential real estate loans	80.00%
Maximum [Member] \| Commercial Real Estate Mortgages [Member]
Loans And Allowance For Loan Losses [Line Items]
Number of years for which principally collateralized loans are amortized	20 years
Maximum [Member] \| Residential Real Estate Mortgages [Member]
Loans And Allowance For Loan Losses [Line Items]
Number of years for which principally collateralized loans are amortized	30 years
Home Equity Loans [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Loans And Allowance For Loan Losses [Line Items]
Combined loan-to-value ratio	85.00%
Commercial Real Estate [Member]
Loans And Allowance For Loan Losses [Line Items]
Number of loans, classified as TDRs, to relationships	9		7
Real Estate Secured [Member]
Loans And Allowance For Loan Losses [Line Items]
Number of loans, classified as TDRs, to relationships	8		8
Commercial And Industrial [Member]
Loans And Allowance For Loan Losses [Line Items]
Number of loans, classified as TDRs, to relationships	4		4
Loans \| $	$ 78,640		$ 79,911
Commercial And Industrial [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Loans And Allowance For Loan Losses [Line Items]
Number of years for which principally collateralized loans are amortized	10 years
Commercial Construction And Land Development [Member]
Loans And Allowance For Loan Losses [Line Items]
Loans \| $	$ 25,195		$ 24,926
Commercial Construction And Land Development [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Loans And Allowance For Loan Losses [Line Items]
Number of months for which principally collateralized loans are amortized	6 months
Commercial Construction And Land Development [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Loans And Allowance For Loan Losses [Line Items]
Number of months for which principally collateralized loans are amortized	24 months
Agricultural And Other Loans To Farmers [Member]
Loans And Allowance For Loan Losses [Line Items]
Number of loans, classified as TDRs, to relationships	4		2
Other Consumer Loans [Member]
Loans And Allowance For Loan Losses [Line Items]
Number of loans, classified as TDRs, to relationships	1		1
Lodging And Hospitality Industry [Member]
Loans And Allowance For Loan Losses [Line Items]
Percentage of commercial real estate mortgage portfolio	30.00%
Loans \| $	$ 121,589		$ 98,231