Loans, Troubled Debt Restructurings Subsequent Default (Details) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) loan	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($) loan	Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($) loan
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of Loans \| loan	91	155	64
Recorded Investment \| $	$ 8,232	$ 19,065	$ 9,256
Commercial and Industrial Portfolio Segment [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of Loans \| loan	2	1	15
Recorded Investment \| $	$ 197	$ 52	$ 1,493
Commercial Real Estate Owner Occupied Portfolio [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of Loans \| loan	0	3	4
Recorded Investment \| $	$ 0	$ 785	$ 542
Commercial Real Estate Investor Portfolio Segment [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of Loans \| loan	0	13	4
Recorded Investment \| $	$ 0	$ 6,200	$ 1,784
Commercial Real Estate Construction Financing Receivable [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of Loans \| loan	0	1	4
Recorded Investment \| $	$ 0	$ 160	$ 80
Home Equity Portfolio Segments [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of Loans \| loan	28	54	11
Recorded Investment \| $	$ 1,220	$ 1,802	$ 829
Installment and Credit Cards [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of Loans \| loan	0	3	0
Recorded Investment \| $	$ 0	$ 34	$ 0
Residential Portfolio Segment [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of Loans \| loan	61	80	26
Recorded Investment \| $	$ 6,815	$ 10,032	$ 4,528

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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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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 310
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 34
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=49124121&loc=SL6953682-111524

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