Fair Value of Assets and Liabilities (Details 7) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Significant unobservable inputs for assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring and nonrecurring basis
Total debt securities, Fair Value	$ 157,927	$ 153,901
Minimum
Significant unobservable inputs for assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring and nonrecurring basis
Fair value input discount rate	10.05%
Maximum
Significant unobservable inputs for assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring and nonrecurring basis
Fair value input discount rate	14.06%
Trust preferred securities
Significant unobservable inputs for assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring and nonrecurring basis
Total debt securities, Fair Value	$ 726	$ 778
Trust preferred securities \| Minimum
Significant unobservable inputs for assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring and nonrecurring basis
Fair value input discount rate	10.05%	10.26%
Trust preferred securities \| Maximum
Significant unobservable inputs for assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring and nonrecurring basis
Fair value input discount rate	14.06%	14.12%
Trust preferred securities \| Discounted Cash Flow
Significant unobservable inputs for assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring and nonrecurring basis
Total debt securities, Fair Value	$ 726	$ 778
Impaired Loans
Significant unobservable inputs for assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring and nonrecurring basis
Appraisal Adjustments	28.00%	29.00%
Liquidation Expenses	6.00%	5.00%
Impaired Loans \| Minimum
Significant unobservable inputs for assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring and nonrecurring basis
Appraisal Adjustments	0.00%	0.00%
Liquidation Expenses	0.00%	0.00%
Impaired Loans \| Maximum
Significant unobservable inputs for assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring and nonrecurring basis
Appraisal Adjustments	53.00%	53.00%
Liquidation Expenses	43.00%	43.00%
Impaired Loans \| Appraisal Of Collateral
Significant unobservable inputs for assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring and nonrecurring basis
Total debt securities, Fair Value	$ 8,702	$ 8,800
Other Real Estate Owned
Significant unobservable inputs for assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring and nonrecurring basis
Appraisal Adjustments	0.00%	0.00%
Other Real Estate Owned \| Appraisal Of Collateral
Significant unobservable inputs for assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring and nonrecurring basis
Total debt securities, Fair Value	$ 60	$ 61

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Amount of investment in debt and equity securities categorized neither as held-to-maturity nor trading.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 320
-SubTopic 10
-Section 25
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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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Percentage of adjustment to the observed price for a similar asset or liability when an identical transaction does not exist, used as an input to measure fair value.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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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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