Loans, Loans Modified in a Troubled Debt Restructuring (Details) $ in Thousands	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($) loan	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($) loan
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of Loans \| loan	104	116
Recorded Investment	$ 17,476	$ 9,038
Unpaid Principal Balance	$ 22,428	$ 9,463
Commercial and industrial
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of Loans \| loan	19	10
Recorded Investment	$ 11,387	$ 2,455
Unpaid Principal Balance	$ 15,898	$ 2,517
Commercial real estate — owner occupied
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of Loans \| loan	2	1
Recorded Investment	$ 710	$ 117
Unpaid Principal Balance	$ 710	$ 124
Real estate construction
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of Loans \| loan	0	1
Recorded Investment	$ 0	$ 66
Unpaid Principal Balance	$ 0	$ 91
Residential mortgage
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of Loans \| loan	48	56
Recorded Investment	$ 4,445	$ 4,676
Unpaid Principal Balance	$ 4,638	$ 4,922
Home equity
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of Loans \| loan	35	47
Recorded Investment	$ 934	$ 1,709
Unpaid Principal Balance	$ 1,182	$ 1,793
Other consumer
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of Loans \| loan	0	1
Recorded Investment	$ 0	$ 15
Unpaid Principal Balance	$ 0	$ 16

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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=84173941&loc=SL6953676-111524

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