Borrowed Funds (Securities Sold Under Repurchase Agreements) (Details) - Securities Sold Under Repurchase Agreements [Member] - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Average daily balance during the year	$ 15,790	$ 15,903
Average interest rate during the year	1.31%	1.77%
Maximum month-end balance during the year	$ 18,548	$ 19,188
Weighted average interest rate at year-end	0.05%	1.72%

The calculated average daily balance during the year for long term and short term debt instruments.

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The maximum balance outstanding at month end during the period for both short term and long term debt instruments.

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- Definition

The average effective interest rate during the reporting period.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 835
-SubTopic 30
-Section 45
-Paragraph 2
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=114775744&loc=d3e28551-108399

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.22(a)(1))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682

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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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Weighted average interest rate of debt outstanding.

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