Loans - Other (Details 2) (USD $)	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Loans and Leases Receivable, Other Information [Abstract]
Number of types of loans	3gnbc_NumberOfTypesOfLoans
Net deferred loan origination fees and unamortized premium and discount	10,000,000	10,300,000
Non-accretable discount on acquired credit impaired loans	905,000	1,400,000
Accrued interest receivable on loans	5,000,000gnbc_InterestReceivableLoans	4,500,000gnbc_InterestReceivableLoans
Number of loans impaired	0gnbc_NumberOfLoansImpaired
Consumer and other [Member]
Loans and Leases Receivable, Other Information [Abstract]
Deposit Liabilities Reclassified as Loans Receivable	55,000	51,000
Reserved Based Energy Loans [Member]
Loans and Leases Receivable, Other Information [Abstract]
Percentage of total funded loans	7.60%	8.70%
Energy Related Service Industry Loans [Member]
Loans and Leases Receivable, Other Information [Abstract]
Percentage of total funded loans	4.80%	5.20%

Carrying amount as of the balance sheet date of interest earned but not received on loans.

No definition available.

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- Definition

Represents the number of loans impaired.

+ References

No definition available.

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- Definition

Represents the number of types of loans categorized by the entity.

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No definition available.

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- Definition

Loans outstanding representing the percentage of total funded loans.

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No definition available.

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- Definition

The amount of the loan's contractually required payments receivable in excess of the amount of its cash flows expected to be collected. This relates to loans with deteriorating of credit quality since origination that were acquired by completion of a transfer for which it is probable, at acquisition, that the investor will be unable to collect all contractually required payments receivable.

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No definition available.

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Period Type:	instant

- Definition

Amount of deposits held by the entity that have been reclassified as loan balances receivable, for example, but not limited to, overdrafts receivable.

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 942

-SubTopic 405

-Section 50

-Paragraph 1

-Subparagraph (c)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6479006&loc=d3e64164-112818

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- Definition

Amount of deferred fees paid by borrowers and unamortized costs incurred to originate loans and leases, unamortized loan commitments and loan syndication fees, and premiums over or discounts from face amounts of loans that are being amortized into income as an adjustment to yield. Excludes amounts for loans and leases covered under loss sharing agreements.

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 310

-SubTopic 20

-Section 45

-Paragraph 1

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6378536&loc=d3e10092-111533

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- Details

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- Details

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