Fair Values of Financial Instruments (Quantitative Information about Level 3 Fair Value Measurements) (Details) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2021 USD ($) item	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($) item
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Impaired Loans \| $	$ 18,306	$ 10,130
Other Real Estate Owned \| $	414	414
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Impaired Loans \| $	18,306	10,130
Other Real Estate Owned \| $	$ 414	$ 414
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Impaired Loans, Range \| item	0	0
Other Real Estate Owned, Range \| item	0	0
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Impaired Loans, Range \| item	10	10
Other Real Estate Owned, Range \| item	10	10

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Fair value portion of loan receivable, including, but not limited to, mortgage loans held for investment, finance receivables held for investment, policy loans on insurance contracts.

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Carrying amount of other real estate not separately disclosed, including, but not limited to, real estate investments, real estate loans that qualify as investments in real estate, and premises that are no longer used in operations may also be included in real estate owned. This does not include real estate assets taken in settlement of troubled loans through surrender or foreclosure.

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-SubTopic 210
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Value of input used to measure real estate owned by financial institution by financial institution which is not directly related to its business.

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-Topic 820
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