Loans and Allowance for Loan Losses (Details 7) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Summary of key information for impaired loans
Unpaid Principal Balance	$ 16,137	$ 15,542
Impaired loans	11,974	11,157
Impaired loans with related allowance for loan losses	8,612	7,492
Related allowance for loan losses	2,749	2,644
Commercial [Member]
Summary of key information for impaired loans
Unpaid Principal Balance	13,850	13,221
Impaired loans	9,708	8,867
Impaired loans with related allowance for loan losses	6,666	5,472
Related allowance for loan losses	1,990	1,874
Commercial [Member] \| Owner occupied RE [Member]
Summary of key information for impaired loans
Unpaid Principal Balance	2,271	2,284
Impaired loans	2,220	2,243
Impaired loans with related allowance for loan losses	2,220	2,224
Related allowance for loan losses	420	263
Commercial [Member] \| Non-owner occupied RE [Member]
Summary of key information for impaired loans
Unpaid Principal Balance	7,226	7,238
Impaired loans	3,823	4,031
Impaired loans with related allowance for loan losses	1,503	1,638
Related allowance for loan losses	410	457
Commercial [Member] \| Construction [Member]
Summary of key information for impaired loans
Unpaid Principal Balance
Impaired loans
Impaired loans with related allowance for loan losses
Related allowance for loan losses
Commercial [Member] \| Business [Member]
Summary of key information for impaired loans
Unpaid Principal Balance	4,353	3,699
Impaired loans	3,665	2,593
Impaired loans with related allowance for loan losses	2,943	1,610
Related allowance for loan losses	1,160	1,154
Consumer [Member]
Summary of key information for impaired loans
Unpaid Principal Balance	2,287	2,321
Impaired loans	2,266	2,290
Impaired loans with related allowance for loan losses	1,946	2,020
Related allowance for loan losses	759	770
Consumer [Member] \| Real estate [Member]
Summary of key information for impaired loans
Unpaid Principal Balance	1,844	1,853
Impaired loans	1,828	1,843
Impaired loans with related allowance for loan losses	1,642	1,843
Related allowance for loan losses	605	682
Consumer [Member] \| Home equity [Member]
Summary of key information for impaired loans
Unpaid Principal Balance	262	207
Impaired loans	257	257
Impaired loans with related allowance for loan losses	123
Related allowance for loan losses	61
Consumer [Member] \| Construction [Member]
Summary of key information for impaired loans
Unpaid Principal Balance
Impaired loans
Impaired loans with related allowance for loan losses
Related allowance for loan losses
Consumer [Member] \| Other [Member]
Summary of key information for impaired loans
Unpaid Principal Balance	181	261
Impaired loans	181	190
Impaired loans with related allowance for loan losses	181	177
Related allowance for loan losses	$ 93	$ 88

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