Loans and Leases and the Allowance for Credit Losses - Schedule of Loans Modified in TDR (Details) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($) contract	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($) contract
Financing Receivable Modifications [Line Items]
Number of Contracts \| contract	506	548
Recorded Investment (as of period end)	$ 16,223	$ 11,886
Increase in Allowance (as of period end)	$ 838	$ 262
Commercial
Financing Receivable Modifications [Line Items]
Number of Contracts \| contract	7	6
Recorded Investment (as of period end)	$ 251	$ 1,249
Increase in Allowance (as of period end)	$ 4	$ 65
Commercial \| Commercial and Industrial
Financing Receivable Modifications [Line Items]
Number of Contracts \| contract	7	5
Recorded Investment (as of period end)	$ 251	$ 203
Increase in Allowance (as of period end)	$ 4	$ 5
Commercial \| Commercial Mortgage
Financing Receivable Modifications [Line Items]
Number of Contracts \| contract		1
Recorded Investment (as of period end)		$ 1,046
Increase in Allowance (as of period end)		$ 60
Consumer
Financing Receivable Modifications [Line Items]
Number of Contracts \| contract	499	542
Recorded Investment (as of period end)	$ 15,972	$ 10,637
Increase in Allowance (as of period end)	$ 834	$ 197
Consumer \| Other
Financing Receivable Modifications [Line Items]
Number of Contracts \| contract	132	180
Recorded Investment (as of period end)	$ 1,160	$ 1,850
Increase in Allowance (as of period end)	$ 42	$ 77
Consumer \| Residential Mortgage
Financing Receivable Modifications [Line Items]
Number of Contracts \| contract	15
Recorded Investment (as of period end)	$ 5,889
Increase in Allowance (as of period end)	$ 612
Consumer \| Home Equity
Financing Receivable Modifications [Line Items]
Number of Contracts \| contract	11	10
Recorded Investment (as of period end)	$ 1,793	$ 1,246
Increase in Allowance (as of period end)	$ 85	$ 8
Consumer \| Automobile
Financing Receivable Modifications [Line Items]
Number of Contracts \| contract	341	352
Recorded Investment (as of period end)	$ 7,130	$ 7,541
Increase in Allowance (as of period end)	$ 95	$ 112

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 310
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 33
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=123577603&loc=SL6953676-111524

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