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Himax Technologies, Inc. (the Parent Company only) (Details 1) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Condensed Income Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Revenues	$ 840,542us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	$ 770,739us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	$ 737,255us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet
Costs and expenses	767,817us-gaap_CostsAndExpenses	696,396us-gaap_CostsAndExpenses	670,195us-gaap_CostsAndExpenses
Operating Income (loss)	72,725us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss	74,343us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss	67,060us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss
Gain on sale of investment securities	10,471us-gaap_GainLossOnSaleOfSecuritiesNet	(8)us-gaap_GainLossOnSaleOfSecuritiesNet	648us-gaap_GainLossOnSaleOfSecuritiesNet
Earnings before income taxes	85,494us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest	75,400us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest	65,886us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest
Income taxes expenses	(21,591)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	(19,476)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	(15,748)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Net income (loss)	63,903us-gaap_ProfitLoss	55,924us-gaap_ProfitLoss	50,138us-gaap_ProfitLoss
Parent Company [Member]
Condensed Income Statements, Captions [Line Items]
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Costs and expenses	525us-gaap_CostsAndExpenses / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember	(248)us-gaap_CostsAndExpenses / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember	695us-gaap_CostsAndExpenses / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
Operating Income (loss)	(525)us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember	248us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember	(695)us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
Equity in earnings from subsidiaries	49,656himx_EquityInEarningsLossesOfSubsidiary / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember	59,402himx_EquityInEarningsLossesOfSubsidiary / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember	54,929himx_EquityInEarningsLossesOfSubsidiary / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
Gain on sale of investment securities	10,743us-gaap_GainLossOnSaleOfSecuritiesNet / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember	0us-gaap_GainLossOnSaleOfSecuritiesNet / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember	0us-gaap_GainLossOnSaleOfSecuritiesNet / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
Other non-operating income (loss)	6,724us-gaap_OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember	1,826us-gaap_OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember	(2,637)us-gaap_OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
Earnings before income taxes	66,598us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember	61,476us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember	51,597us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
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Net income (loss)	$ 66,598us-gaap_ProfitLoss / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember	$ 61,476us-gaap_ProfitLoss / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember	$ 51,596us-gaap_ProfitLoss / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember

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