Loans (Commercial Loan Portfolio Categorized by Internally Assigned Asset Classification) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Commercial Business [Member]
Financing Receivable Recorded Investment [Line Items]
Current Fiscal Year	$ 146,819	$ 141,970
Prior Fiscal Year 1	107,424	91,726
Prior Fiscal Year 2	69,851	68,768
Prior Fiscal Year 3	29,693	43,420
Prior Fiscal Year 4	40,146	25,442
Prior	22,501	13,426
Revolving Loans Amortized Cost Basis	247,815	253,541
Revolving Loans Converted to Term	0	0
Total	664,249	638,293
Commercial Business [Member] \| Uncriticized [Member]
Financing Receivable Recorded Investment [Line Items]
Current Fiscal Year	146,581	141,925
Prior Fiscal Year 1	105,001	91,338
Prior Fiscal Year 2	61,115	68,433
Prior Fiscal Year 3	29,644	42,631
Prior Fiscal Year 4	39,625	24,847
Prior	21,467	12,033
Revolving Loans Amortized Cost Basis	244,848	248,338
Revolving Loans Converted to Term	0	0
Total	648,281	629,545
Commercial Business [Member] \| Special Mention [Member]
Financing Receivable Recorded Investment [Line Items]
Current Fiscal Year	238	0
Prior Fiscal Year 1	2,351	132
Prior Fiscal Year 2	8,736	166
Prior Fiscal Year 3	7	44
Prior Fiscal Year 4	5	180
Prior	0	1,344
Revolving Loans Amortized Cost Basis	1,809	1,993
Revolving Loans Converted to Term	0	0
Total	13,146	3,859
Commercial Business [Member] \| Substandard [Member]
Financing Receivable Recorded Investment [Line Items]
Current Fiscal Year	0	45
Prior Fiscal Year 1	72	256
Prior Fiscal Year 2	0	169
Prior Fiscal Year 3	42	745
Prior Fiscal Year 4	516	415
Prior	1,034	49
Revolving Loans Amortized Cost Basis	1,158	3,210
Revolving Loans Converted to Term	0	0
Total	2,822	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	467,850	354,668
Prior Fiscal Year 1	380,340	342,515
Prior Fiscal Year 2	262,887	209,462
Prior Fiscal Year 3	172,132	161,198
Prior Fiscal Year 4	126,874	139,859
Prior	269,757	201,374
Revolving Loans Amortized Cost Basis	0	3,712
Revolving Loans Converted to Term	0	0
Total	1,679,840	1,412,788
Commercial Mortgage [Member] \| Uncriticized [Member]
Financing Receivable Recorded Investment [Line Items]
Current Fiscal Year	464,863	342,483
Prior Fiscal Year 1	380,138	339,988
Prior Fiscal Year 2	260,463	176,753
Prior Fiscal Year 3	171,918	147,247
Prior Fiscal Year 4	116,770	128,381
Prior	248,771	167,739
Revolving Loans Amortized Cost Basis	0	3,712
Revolving Loans Converted to Term	0	0
Total	1,642,923	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	0	2,450
Prior Fiscal Year 2	2,319	29,759
Prior Fiscal Year 3	136	2,344
Prior Fiscal Year 4	0	8,269
Prior	11,784	27,635
Revolving Loans Amortized Cost Basis	0	0
Revolving Loans Converted to Term	0	0
Total	14,239	81,641
Commercial Mortgage [Member] \| Substandard [Member]
Financing Receivable Recorded Investment [Line Items]
Current Fiscal Year	2,987	1,001
Prior Fiscal Year 1	202	77
Prior Fiscal Year 2	105	2,950
Prior Fiscal Year 3	78	11,607
Prior Fiscal Year 4	10,104	3,209
Prior	9,202	6,000
Revolving Loans Amortized Cost Basis	0	0
Revolving Loans Converted to Term	0	0
Total	22,678	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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