Allowance for Loan Losses Allowance for Loan Losses (Details 4) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2015
Financing Receivable Portfolio Segment [Domain]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Added	$ 105	$ 262	$ 273	$ 841
Charged Off	(131)	(40)	(207)	(102)
Payments	(328)	(338)	(771)	(546)
Commercial Portfolio Segment [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Beginning Balance	3,529	8,835	3,584	8,955
Added	0	0	0	0
Charged Off	0	0	0	0
Payments	(76)	(130)	(131)	(250)
Ending Balance	3,453	8,705	3,453	8,705
Residential Portfolio Segment [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Beginning Balance	5,285	5,618	5,593	5,189
Added	43	73	123	652
Charged Off	(125)	0	(181)	(62)
Payments	(170)	(102)	(502)	(190)
Ending Balance	5,033	5,589	5,033	5,589
Consumer Portfolio Segment [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Beginning Balance	695	614	683	614
Added	62	189	150	189
Charged Off	(6)	(40)	(26)	(40)
Payments	(82)	(106)	(138)	(106)
Ending Balance	$ 669	$ 657	$ 669	$ 657

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The amount of the outstanding recorded investment related to financing receivables that have been modified by troubled debt restructurings.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 310
-SubTopic 40
-Section 50
-Paragraph 4
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=25495931&loc=d3e18845-111554

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Glossary Recorded Investment
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=65880944

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