Loans (Loans Modified In Trouble Debt Restructurings) (Details) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($) loan
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Outstanding Recorded Investment, Number of Loans \| loan	2
Outstanding Recorded Investment, Pre-Modification	$ 782
Outstanding Recorded Investment, Post-Modification	$ 822
Residential Mortgages [Member] \| Closed-end [Member]
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Outstanding Recorded Investment, Number of Loans \| loan	1
Outstanding Recorded Investment, Pre-Modification	$ 432
Outstanding Recorded Investment, Post-Modification	$ 472
Interest Rates, Pre-Modification	5.86%
Interest Rates, Post-Modification	4.50%
Consumer And Other [Member]
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Outstanding Recorded Investment, Number of Loans \| loan	1
Outstanding Recorded Investment, Pre-Modification	$ 350
Outstanding Recorded Investment, Post-Modification	$ 350
Interest Rates, Pre-Modification	6.50%
Interest Rates, Post-Modification	6.50%

The interest rate on troubled debt restructurings post-modification.

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Number of financing receivables that have been modified by troubled debt restructurings.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 310
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 33
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=118936363&loc=SL6953676-111524

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Amount, after troubled debt restructuring, of modified financing receivable.

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