Allowance for Loan Losses Allowance for Loan Losses (Details 4) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015
Financing Receivable Portfolio Segment [Domain]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Added	$ 109	$ 66	$ 382	$ 907
Charged Off	(13)	(4)	(220)	(106)
Payments	(365)	(5,185)	(1,136)	(5,731)
Commercial Portfolio Segment [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Beginning Balance	3,453	8,705	3,584	8,955
Added	0	0	0	0
Charged Off	0	0	0	0
Payments	(71)	(5,081)	(202)	(5,331)
Ending Balance	3,382	3,624	3,382	3,624
Residential Portfolio Segment [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Beginning Balance	5,033	5,589	5,593	5,189
Added	0	16	123	668
Charged Off	0	0	(181)	(62)
Payments	(239)	(63)	(741)	(253)
Ending Balance	4,794	5,542	4,794	5,542
Consumer Portfolio Segment [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Beginning Balance	669	657	683	614
Added	109	50	259	239
Charged Off	(13)	(4)	(39)	(44)
Payments	(55)	(41)	(193)	(147)
Ending Balance	$ 710	$ 662	$ 710	$ 662

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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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