Loans (Commercial Loan Portfolio Categorized by Internally Assigned Asset Classification) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Commercial Business [Member]
Financing Receivable Recorded Investment [Line Items]
Current Fiscal Year	$ 94,558	$ 141,970
Prior Fiscal Year 1	114,603	91,726
Prior Fiscal Year 2	74,955	68,768
Prior Fiscal Year 3	33,565	43,420
Prior Fiscal Year 4	41,215	25,442
Prior	27,185	13,426
Revolving Loans Amortized Cost Basis	247,813	253,541
Revolving Loans Converted to Term	0	0
Total	633,894	638,293
Commercial Business [Member] \| Uncriticized [Member]
Financing Receivable Recorded Investment [Line Items]
Current Fiscal Year	94,295	141,925
Prior Fiscal Year 1	112,228	91,338
Prior Fiscal Year 2	74,868	68,433
Prior Fiscal Year 3	33,470	42,631
Prior Fiscal Year 4	40,635	24,847
Prior	26,151	12,033
Revolving Loans Amortized Cost Basis	244,693	248,338
Revolving Loans Converted to Term	0	0
Total	626,340	629,545
Commercial Business [Member] \| Special Mention [Member]
Financing Receivable Recorded Investment [Line Items]
Current Fiscal Year	263	0
Prior Fiscal Year 1	2,337	132
Prior Fiscal Year 2	11	166
Prior Fiscal Year 3	73	44
Prior Fiscal Year 4	13	180
Prior	33	1,344
Revolving Loans Amortized Cost Basis	1,155	1,993
Revolving Loans Converted to Term	0	0
Total	3,885	3,859
Commercial Business [Member] \| Substandard [Member]
Financing Receivable Recorded Investment [Line Items]
Current Fiscal Year	0	45
Prior Fiscal Year 1	38	256
Prior Fiscal Year 2	76	169
Prior Fiscal Year 3	22	745
Prior Fiscal Year 4	567	415
Prior	1,001	49
Revolving Loans Amortized Cost Basis	1,965	3,210
Revolving Loans Converted to Term	0	0
Total	3,669	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	322,232	354,668
Prior Fiscal Year 1	372,071	342,515
Prior Fiscal Year 2	278,562	209,462
Prior Fiscal Year 3	181,246	161,198
Prior Fiscal Year 4	129,471	139,859
Prior	277,322	201,374
Revolving Loans Amortized Cost Basis	3,641	3,712
Revolving Loans Converted to Term	0	0
Total	1,564,545	1,412,788
Commercial Mortgage [Member] \| Uncriticized [Member]
Financing Receivable Recorded Investment [Line Items]
Current Fiscal Year	319,245	342,483
Prior Fiscal Year 1	371,251	339,988
Prior Fiscal Year 2	276,113	176,753
Prior Fiscal Year 3	171,289	147,247
Prior Fiscal Year 4	119,365	128,381
Prior	244,827	167,739
Revolving Loans Amortized Cost Basis	3,641	3,712
Revolving Loans Converted to Term	0	0
Total	1,505,731	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	473	2,450
Prior Fiscal Year 2	2,345	29,759
Prior Fiscal Year 3	9,877	2,344
Prior Fiscal Year 4	129	8,269
Prior	22,688	27,635
Revolving Loans Amortized Cost Basis	0	0
Revolving Loans Converted to Term	0	0
Total	35,512	81,641
Commercial Mortgage [Member] \| Substandard [Member]
Financing Receivable Recorded Investment [Line Items]
Current Fiscal Year	2,987	1,001
Prior Fiscal Year 1	347	77
Prior Fiscal Year 2	104	2,950
Prior Fiscal Year 3	80	11,607
Prior Fiscal Year 4	9,977	3,209
Prior	9,807	6,000
Revolving Loans Amortized Cost Basis	0	0
Revolving Loans Converted to Term	0	0
Total	23,302	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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