Loan Quality (Allowance For Loan Losses, By Loan Segment) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Line Items]
Allowance, Beginning Balance	$ 9,450	$ 9,519	$ 9,111	$ 9,702
Charge-offs	(122)	(678)	(482)	(1,402)
Recoveries	145	94	209	171
Provision	400		1,035	464
Allowance, Ending Balance	9,873	8,935	9,873	8,935
Loans evaluated for allowance individually					$ 16,254	$ 25,758
Loans evaluated for allowance collectively					754,421	700,773
Total Loans					770,675	726,531
Allowance established for loans evaluated individually					9	231
Allowance established for loan evaluated collectively					9,864	8,880
Total Allowance	9,450	9,519	9,111	9,702	9,873	9,111
Residential Real Estate Member]
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Line Items]
Total Loans					212,002	205,109
Residential Real Estate - Construction [Member]
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Line Items]
Allowance, Beginning Balance	220	261	226	291
Charge-offs			(21)	(27)
Recoveries	18		18
Provision	(29)	(27)	(14)	(30)
Allowance, Ending Balance	209	234	209	234
Loans evaluated for allowance individually					507	931
Loans evaluated for allowance collectively					7,538	8,784
Total Loans					8,045	9,715
Allowance established for loan evaluated collectively					209	226
Total Allowance	220	261	226	291	209	226
Commercial Real Estate [Member]
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Line Items]
Allowance, Beginning Balance	5,686	5,412	5,417	5,571
Charge-offs				(348)
Recoveries		49	14	49
Provision	387	33	642	222
Allowance, Ending Balance	6,073	5,494	6,073	5,494
Loans evaluated for allowance individually					14,523	22,307
Loans evaluated for allowance collectively					323,074	304,175
Total Loans					337,597	326,482
Allowance established for loans evaluated individually						60
Allowance established for loan evaluated collectively					6,073	5,357
Total Allowance	5,686	5,412	5,417	5,571	6,073	5,417
Commercial [Member]
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Line Items]
Allowance, Beginning Balance	1,771	2,366	1,773	2,306
Charge-offs	(51)	(611)	(269)	(623)
Recoveries	104	23	118	56
Provision	29	(149)	231	(110)
Allowance, Ending Balance	1,853	1,629	1,853	1,629
Loans evaluated for allowance individually					231	1,298
Loans evaluated for allowance collectively					207,526	177,773
Total Loans					207,757	179,071
Allowance established for loans evaluated individually					9	171
Allowance established for loan evaluated collectively					1,844	1,602
Total Allowance	1,771	2,366	1,773	2,306	1,853	1,773
Consumer [Member]
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Line Items]
Allowance, Beginning Balance	121	135	136	148
Charge-offs	(71)	(67)	(149)	(147)
Recoveries	22	20	55	61
Provision	40	39	70	65
Allowance, Ending Balance	112	127	112	127
Loans evaluated for allowance collectively					5,274	6,154
Total Loans					5,274	6,154
Allowance established for loan evaluated collectively					112	136
Total Allowance	121	135	136	148	112	136
First Liens [Member] \| Residential Real Estate Member]
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Line Items]
Allowance, Beginning Balance	1,293	1,079	1,225	1,108
Charge-offs			(43)	(257)
Recoveries	1	2	4	5
Provision	(43)	48	65	273
Allowance, Ending Balance	1,251	1,129	1,251	1,129
Loans evaluated for allowance individually					942	1,171
Loans evaluated for allowance collectively					162,022	160,143
Total Loans					162,964	161,314
Allowance established for loan evaluated collectively					1,251	1,225
Total Allowance	1,293	1,079	1,225	1,108	1,251	1,225
Junior Liens & Lines Of Credit [Member] \| Residential Real Estate Member]
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Line Items]
Allowance, Beginning Balance	359	266	334	278
Provision	16	56	41	44
Allowance, Ending Balance	375	322	375	322
Loans evaluated for allowance individually					51	51
Loans evaluated for allowance collectively					48,987	43,744
Total Loans					49,038	43,795
Allowance established for loan evaluated collectively					375	334
Total Allowance	$ 359	$ 266	$ 334	$ 278	$ 375	$ 334

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