Loans and Allowance for Loan Losses (Summary of All Troubled Debt Restructuring Loans (Accruing and Non Accruing) by Portfolio Segment) (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 Contracts	41	44
Current Balance	$ 5,960	$ 7,136
Specific Reserve	645	656
Number of Contracts	6	12
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	488	1,370
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	491	1,419
Specific Reserve	49	122
Number of contracts that subsequently defaulted	0	1
Recorded investment of troubled-debt restructurings that subsequently defaulted	0	113
Residential real estate loans
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of Contracts	24	26
Current Balance	3,800	4,089
Specific Reserve	635	525
Number of Contracts	1	6
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	136	836
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	149	878
Specific Reserve	43	119
Commercial real estate loans
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of Contracts	7	10
Current Balance	1,704	2,558
Specific Reserve	0	131
Number of Contracts	1	2
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	235	279
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	235	286
Specific Reserve	0	0
Number of contracts that subsequently defaulted	0	1
Recorded investment of troubled-debt restructurings that subsequently defaulted	0	113
Commercial loans
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of Contracts	9	7
Current Balance	426	488
Specific Reserve	10	0
Number of Contracts	3	4
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	77	255
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	77	255
Specific Reserve	6	3
Consumer loans
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of Contracts	1	1
Current Balance	30	1
Specific Reserve	0	0
Number of Contracts	1	0
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	40	0
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	30	0
Specific Reserve	$ 0	$ 0

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