Loans And Allowance For Loan Losses (Summary Of Troubled Debt Restructures) (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2016 USD ($) loan	Mar. 31, 2015 USD ($) loan
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of Loans \| loan	4	2
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 425	$ 490
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 419	$ 490
Commercial Real Estate Mortgages [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of Loans \| loan	2
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 395
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 394
Agriculture And Other Loans To Farmers [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of Loans \| loan	2	1
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 30	$ 18
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 25	$ 18
Commercial Loans [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of Loans \| loan	4	1
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 425	$ 18
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 419	$ 18
Residential Real Estate Mortgages [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of Loans \| loan		1
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment		$ 472
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment		$ 472
Consumer Loans [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of Loans \| loan		1
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment		$ 472
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment		$ 472

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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 33
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=49124121&loc=SL6953676-111524

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