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Loans and Leases (Carrying amount loans not covered by loss share agreements (in text)) (Details) (USD $)
Mar. 31, 2015
Dec. 31, 2014
Jul. 02, 2009
Jan. 16, 2015
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]        
Allowance for loan and lease losses $ 41,854,000us-gaap_LoansAndLeasesReceivableAllowance $ 41,449,000us-gaap_LoansAndLeasesReceivableAllowance    
Elizabeth State Bank        
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]        
Contractually required payments of loans acquired     42,700,000us-gaap_CertainLoansAcquiredInTransferNotAccountedForAsDebtSecuritiesAcquiredDuringPeriodContractuallyRequiredPaymentsReceivableAtAcquisition
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= htlf_ElizabethStateBankMember
 
Estimated fair value of loans acquired     37,800,000us-gaap_CertainLoansAcquiredInTransferNotAccountedForAsDebtSecuritiesAcquiredDuringPeriodAtAcquisitionAtFairValue
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= htlf_ElizabethStateBankMember
 
Community Banc-Corp of Sheboygan, Inc.        
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]        
Contractually required payments of loans acquired       12,900,000us-gaap_CertainLoansAcquiredInTransferNotAccountedForAsDebtSecuritiesAcquiredDuringPeriodContractuallyRequiredPaymentsReceivableAtAcquisition
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= htlf_CommunityBankCorpofSheboyganInc.Member
Estimated fair value of loans acquired       8,200,000us-gaap_CertainLoansAcquiredInTransferNotAccountedForAsDebtSecuritiesAcquiredDuringPeriodAtAcquisitionAtFairValue
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= htlf_CommunityBankCorpofSheboyganInc.Member
Allowance for loan and lease losses 0us-gaap_LoansAndLeasesReceivableAllowance
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= htlf_CommunityBankCorpofSheboyganInc.Member
     
Contractually required payments receivable of nonimpaired loans       400,000,000htlf_CertainLoansAcquiredinTransferNotAccountedforasDebtSecuritiesAcquiredDuringPeriodContractuallyRequiredPaymentsReceivableatAcquisitiononNonimpairedLoans
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= htlf_CommunityBankCorpofSheboyganInc.Member
Estimated fair value of nonimpaired loans acquired       $ 386,800,000htlf_CertainLoansAcquiredinTransferNotAccountedforasDebtSecuritiesAcquiredDuringPeriodatAcquisitiononNonimpairedLoansatFairValue
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= htlf_CommunityBankCorpofSheboyganInc.Member