Loans (Schedule Of Troubled Debt Restructurings Occurring During The Year) (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2018 USD ($) loan	Jun. 30, 2017 USD ($) loan	Jun. 30, 2018 USD ($) loan	Jun. 30, 2017 USD ($) loan
General C&I
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number \| loan	3	1	8	2
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 544	$ 815	$ 2,048	$ 842
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 537	$ 799	$ 1,751	$ 836
C&I
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number \| loan	3	1	8	2
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 544	$ 815	$ 2,048	$ 842
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 537	$ 799	$ 1,751	$ 836
Income CRE
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number \| loan	3		3
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 201		$ 201
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 195		$ 195
Commercial real estate
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number \| loan	3		3
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 201		$ 201
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 195		$ 195
HELOC
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number \| loan	34	27	64	62
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 3,824	$ 2,293	$ 6,584	$ 4,882
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 3,806	$ 2,270	$ 6,539	$ 4,743
R/E installment loans
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number \| loan	10	14	15	28
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 772	$ 799	$ 1,383	$ 1,756
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 770	$ 782	$ 1,382	$ 1,684
Consumer real estate
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number \| loan	44	41	79	90
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 4,596	$ 3,092	$ 7,967	$ 6,638
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 4,576	$ 3,052	$ 7,921	$ 6,427
Permanent mortgage
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number \| loan	4	4	5	9
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 434	$ 699	$ 709	$ 2,009
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 440	$ 693	$ 713	$ 1,996
Credit card & other
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number \| loan	27	23	68	29
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 95	$ 144	$ 305	$ 165
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 94	$ 140	$ 291	$ 160
Total troubled debt restructurings
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number \| loan	81	69	163	130
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 5,870	$ 4,750	$ 11,230	$ 9,654
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 5,842	$ 4,684	$ 10,871	$ 9,419

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