Loans (Commercial Loan Portfolio Categorized by Internally Assigned Asset Classification) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Jun. 30, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Commercial Business [Member]
Financing Receivable Recorded Investment [Line Items]
Current Fiscal Year	$ 54,402	$ 141,970
Prior Fiscal Year 1	126,659	91,726
Prior Fiscal Year 2	87,114	68,768
Prior Fiscal Year 3	35,693	43,420
Prior Fiscal Year 4	38,984	25,442
Prior	31,946	13,426
Revolving Loans Amortized Cost Basis	236,304	253,541
Revolving Loans Converted to Term	0	0
Total	611,102	638,293
Commercial Business [Member] \| Uncriticized [Member]
Financing Receivable Recorded Investment [Line Items]
Current Fiscal Year	54,182	141,925
Prior Fiscal Year 1	124,276	91,338
Prior Fiscal Year 2	87,077	68,433
Prior Fiscal Year 3	35,324	42,631
Prior Fiscal Year 4	38,282	24,847
Prior	30,569	12,033
Revolving Loans Amortized Cost Basis	231,868	248,338
Revolving Loans Converted to Term	0	0
Total	601,578	629,545
Commercial Business [Member] \| Special Mention [Member]
Financing Receivable Recorded Investment [Line Items]
Current Fiscal Year	220	0
Prior Fiscal Year 1	2,342	132
Prior Fiscal Year 2	12	166
Prior Fiscal Year 3	194	44
Prior Fiscal Year 4	140	180
Prior	0	1,344
Revolving Loans Amortized Cost Basis	1,185	1,993
Revolving Loans Converted to Term	0	0
Total	4,093	3,859
Commercial Business [Member] \| Substandard [Member]
Financing Receivable Recorded Investment [Line Items]
Current Fiscal Year	0	45
Prior Fiscal Year 1	41	256
Prior Fiscal Year 2	25	169
Prior Fiscal Year 3	175	745
Prior Fiscal Year 4	562	415
Prior	1,377	49
Revolving Loans Amortized Cost Basis	3,251	3,210
Revolving Loans Converted to Term	0	0
Total	5,431	4,889
Commercial Business [Member] \| Doubtful [Member]
Financing Receivable Recorded Investment [Line Items]
Current Fiscal Year	0	0
Prior Fiscal Year 1	0	0
Prior Fiscal Year 2	0	0
Prior Fiscal Year 3	0	0
Prior Fiscal Year 4	0	0
Prior	0	0
Revolving Loans Amortized Cost Basis	0	0
Revolving Loans Converted to Term	0	0
Total	0	0
Commercial Mortgage [Member]
Financing Receivable Recorded Investment [Line Items]
Current Fiscal Year	176,167	354,668
Prior Fiscal Year 1	358,687	342,515
Prior Fiscal Year 2	297,757	209,462
Prior Fiscal Year 3	187,078	161,198
Prior Fiscal Year 4	130,905	139,859
Prior	293,894	201,374
Revolving Loans Amortized Cost Basis	3,664	3,712
Revolving Loans Converted to Term	0	0
Total	1,448,152	1,412,788
Commercial Mortgage [Member] \| Uncriticized [Member]
Financing Receivable Recorded Investment [Line Items]
Current Fiscal Year	173,305	342,483
Prior Fiscal Year 1	357,855	339,988
Prior Fiscal Year 2	295,281	176,753
Prior Fiscal Year 3	172,506	147,247
Prior Fiscal Year 4	120,731	128,381
Prior	254,463	167,739
Revolving Loans Amortized Cost Basis	3,664	3,712
Revolving Loans Converted to Term	0	0
Total	1,377,805	1,306,303
Commercial Mortgage [Member] \| Special Mention [Member]
Financing Receivable Recorded Investment [Line Items]
Current Fiscal Year	0	11,184
Prior Fiscal Year 1	484	2,450
Prior Fiscal Year 2	2,370	29,759
Prior Fiscal Year 3	14,489	2,344
Prior Fiscal Year 4	195	8,269
Prior	29,083	27,635
Revolving Loans Amortized Cost Basis	0	0
Revolving Loans Converted to Term	0	0
Total	46,621	81,641
Commercial Mortgage [Member] \| Substandard [Member]
Financing Receivable Recorded Investment [Line Items]
Current Fiscal Year	2,862	1,001
Prior Fiscal Year 1	348	77
Prior Fiscal Year 2	106	2,950
Prior Fiscal Year 3	83	11,607
Prior Fiscal Year 4	9,979	3,209
Prior	10,348	6,000
Revolving Loans Amortized Cost Basis	0	0
Revolving Loans Converted to Term	0	0
Total	23,726	24,844
Commercial Mortgage [Member] \| Doubtful [Member]
Financing Receivable Recorded Investment [Line Items]
Current Fiscal Year	0	0
Prior Fiscal Year 1	0	0
Prior Fiscal Year 2	0	0
Prior Fiscal Year 3	0	0
Prior Fiscal Year 4	0	0
Prior	0	0
Revolving Loans Amortized Cost Basis	0	0
Revolving Loans Converted to Term	0	0
Total	$ 0	$ 0

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