Fair Value (Fair Value Of Financial Instruments) (Details) - USD ($)	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Cash and money market instruments	$ 372,726,000	$ 167,214,000
Investment securities	1,260,286,000	1,354,843,000
Federal Home Loan Bank Stock	33,424,000	43,388,000
Federal Reserve Bank Stock	14,653,000	8,225,000
Loans Held-for-sale, Fair Value Disclosure	21,986,000	4,158,000
Derivative Assets	422,000	87,000
Impaired Loan Fair Value	3,679,000	6,399,000
Other loans	6,325,294,000	5,570,136,000
Loans receivable, net	6,351,381,000	5,580,780,000
Time deposits	1,133,648,000	1,044,620,000
Other	5,271,000	1,267,000
Total deposits	1,138,919,000	1,045,887,000
Short-term borrowings	185,838,000	221,966,000
Long-term debt	307,047,000	400,203,000
Subordinated debentures/notes	13,810,000	12,959,000
Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Cash Flow Hedging Instruments	704,000
Loans [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Swap	2,506,000
Equity Securities [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Investment securities	1,889,000	1,649,000
Swap [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Swap	226,000	226,000
Reported Value Measurement [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Cash and money market instruments	372,726,000	167,214,000
Investment securities	1,260,286,000	1,355,229,000
Loans Held-for-sale, Fair Value Disclosure	21,986,000	4,158,000
Derivative Assets	422,000	87,000
Impaired Loan Fair Value	3,678,000	6,399,000
Other loans	6,321,708,000	5,629,976,000
Loans receivable, net	6,347,794,000	5,640,620,000
Time deposits	1,127,366,000	1,043,177,000
Other	5,271,000	1,267,000
Total deposits	1,132,637,000	1,044,444,000
Short-term borrowings	185,838,000	221,966,000
Long-term debt	297,500,000	400,000,000
Subordinated debentures/notes	15,000,000	15,000,000
Reported Value Measurement [Member] \| Loans [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Derivative Assets	2,506,000
Swap	2,506,000
Reported Value Measurement [Member] \| Equity Securities [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Investment securities	1,889,000	1,649,000
Reported Value Measurement [Member] \| Swap [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Swap	226,000	226,000
Estimate of Fair Value Measurement [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Derivative Assets	422,000	87,000
Impaired Loan Fair Value		6,399,000
Estimate of Fair Value Measurement [Member] \| Loans [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Derivative Assets	2,506,000
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Cash and money market instruments	372,726,000	167,214,000
Derivative Assets	0	0
Other	5,271,000	1,267,000
Total deposits	5,271,000	1,267,000
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member] \| Loans [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Derivative Assets	0
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member] \| Equity Securities [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Investment securities	1,451,000	1,225,000
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Investment securities	1,260,286,000	1,354,843,000
Loans Held-for-sale, Fair Value Disclosure	21,986,000	4,158,000
Derivative Assets	422,000	87,000
Loans receivable, net	22,408,000	4,245,000
Time deposits	1,133,648,000	1,044,620,000
Total deposits	1,133,648,000	1,044,620,000
Short-term borrowings	185,838,000	221,966,000
Long-term debt	307,047,000	400,203,000
Subordinated debentures/notes	13,810,000	12,959,000
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] \| Loans [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Derivative Assets	2,506,000
Swap	2,506,000
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] \| Swap [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Cash Flow Hedging Instruments	704,000
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Derivative Assets	0	0
Impaired Loan Fair Value	3,679,000	6,399,000
Other loans	6,325,294,000	5,570,136,000
Loans receivable, net	6,328,973,000	5,576,535,000
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] \| Loans [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Derivative Assets	0
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] \| Equity Securities [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Investment securities	438,000	424,000
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] \| Swap [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Swap	$ 226,000	$ 226,000

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Fair value portion of currency on hand as well as demand deposits with banks or financial institutions. Includes other kinds of accounts that have the general characteristics of demand deposits. Also includes short-term, highly liquid investments that are both readily convertible to known amounts of cash and so near their maturity that they present insignificant risk of changes in value because of changes in interest rates.

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Fair value portion of deposit liabilities held by the entity, including, but not limited to, foreign and domestic, interest and noninterest bearing, demand deposits, saving deposits, negotiable orders of withdrawal (NOW) and time deposits.

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Fair value of subordinated debt obligations including, but not limited to, subordinated loan, subordinated bond, subordinated debenture or junior debt.

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Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB) stock represents an equity interest in a FHLB. It does not have a readily determinable fair value because its ownership is restricted and it lacks a market (liquidity).

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Value of the investment at close of period. For schedules of investments that are categorized, the value would be aggregated by category. For investment in and advances to affiliates, if operations of any controlled companies are different in character from those of the company, group such affiliates within divisions and by type of activities.

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Amount of unrealized gain (loss) related to derivatives designated as cash flow hedging instruments, recorded in results of operations to the extent that the cash flow hedge is determined to be ineffective.

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