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Represents the provision for impaired loan losses.

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Fair value portion of probable future economic benefits obtained or controlled by an entity as a result of past transactions or events.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Interest rate used to find the present value of an amount to be paid or received in the future as an input to measure fair value. For example, but not limited to, weighted average cost of capital (WACC), cost of capital, cost of equity and cost of debt.

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Description of the inputs and valuation technique(s) used to measure fair value.

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Amount of allowance for credit losses related to recorded investment.

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Carrying amount of other real estate not separately disclosed, including, but not limited to, real estate investments, real estate loans that qualify as investments in real estate, and premises that are no longer used in operations may also be included in real estate owned. This does not include real estate assets taken in settlement of troubled loans through surrender or foreclosure.

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Amount of other deductions to real estate investments, excluding sales, for entities with a substantial portion of business acquiring and holding investment real estate.

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Fair Value (Details Textual) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Fair Value (Details Textual) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Valuation allowance for impaired loans	$ 857	$ 857	$ 1,159
Provision for impaired loan losses	(17)	(452)		$ (271)
Other real estate owned	2,772	2,772	3,466
Commercial Real Estate [Member] \| Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Fair Value	2,500	2,500	2,800
Residential Real Estate [Member] \| Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Fair Value	272	272	655
State and Municipal Obligation [Member] \| Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Fair Value	4,210	$ 4,210	$ 4,725
Fair Value Measurements, Valuation Techniques		Discounted cash flow	Discounted cash flow
Fair Value Measurements Unobservable Inputs		Discount rate Probability of default	Discount rate Probability of default
Impaired Loans \| Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Fair Value	1,925	$ 1,925	$ 2,352
Valuation allowance for impaired loans	900	$ 900	$ 1,200
Fair Value Measurements, Valuation Techniques		Sales comparison/income approach	Sales comparison/income approach
Fair Value Measurements Unobservable Inputs		Discount rate for age of appraisal and market conditions	Discount rate for age of appraisal and market conditions
Other Real Estate
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Real estate, other deductions		$ 1,000	$ 743
Other Real Estate \| Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Fair Value	2,772	2,772	3,466
Other real estate owned	$ 2,800	$ 2,800	$ 3,500
Fair Value Measurements, Valuation Techniques		Sales comparison/income approach	Sales comparison/income approach
Fair Value Measurements Unobservable Inputs		Discount rate for age of appraisal and market conditions	Discount rate for age of appraisal and market conditions
Minimum [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Fair value inputs, discount rate		0.00%
Minimum [Member] \| State and Municipal Obligation [Member] \| Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Fair value inputs, discount rate		3.05%	3.05%
Minimum [Member] \| Impaired Loans \| Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Fair value inputs, discount rate		0.00%	0.00%
Minimum [Member] \| Other Real Estate \| Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Fair value inputs, discount rate		5.00%	5.00%
Maximum [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Fair value inputs, discount rate		50.00%
Maximum [Member] \| State and Municipal Obligation [Member] \| Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Fair value inputs, discount rate		5.50%	5.50%
Maximum [Member] \| Impaired Loans \| Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Fair value inputs, discount rate		50.00%	50.00%
Maximum [Member] \| Other Real Estate \| Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Fair value inputs, discount rate		20.00%	20.00%