Loans (Schedule Of Troubled Debt Restructurings Within The Previous 12 Months) (Details)	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($) number	Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($) number
General C I [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number \| number	6	11
Recorded Investment	$ 869,000	$ 6,705,000
Income C R E [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number \| number	4	4
Recorded Investment	$ 3,086,000	$ 1,548,000
Residential C R E [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number \| number	0	1
Recorded Investment	$ 0	$ 33,000
Home Equity [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number \| number	7	13
Recorded Investment	$ 485,000	$ 604,000
R E Installment Loans [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number \| number	9	8
Recorded Investment	$ 530,000	$ 428,000
Commercial Financial And Industrial Portfolio Segment [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number \| number	6	11
Recorded Investment	$ 869,000	$ 6,705,000
Commercial Real Estate Portfolio Segment [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number \| number	4	5
Recorded Investment	$ 3,086,000	$ 1,581,000
Consumer Real Estate Portfolio Segment [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number \| number	16	21
Recorded Investment	$ 1,015,000	$ 1,032,000
Credit Card And Other Portfolio Segment [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number \| number	2	17
Recorded Investment	$ 4,000	$ 65,000
Troubled Debt Restructurings That Subsequently Defaulted [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number \| number	31	71
Recorded Investment	$ 6,102,000	$ 17,215,000
Permanent Mortgage Portfolio Segment [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number \| number	3	17
Recorded Investment	$ 1,128,000	$ 7,832,000

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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

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